Wayne Ransom is an accomplished vocalist and guitarist with over 50 years experience as a working musician. Originally from Melbourne and now living in Mandurah on the West Coast of Australia, Wayne Ransom plays everything from easy listening and rock and roll to contemporary rock, Wayne is passionate about music, and it shows through in his performances.
Wayne Ransom is an accomplished vocalist and guitarist with over 50 years experience as a working musician. Originally from Melbourne and now living in Mandurah on the West Coast of Australia playing everything from easy listening and rock and roll to contemporary rock, Wayne is passionate about music, and it shows through in his performances. He has fronted various successful bands over the years that have supported many great Australian acts including Ol’ 55, Skyhooks, ACDC, Screaming Jets, Doug Parkinson, Renee Geyer, Denise Drysdale and many many more.
Throughout his career, Wayne Ransom has done various recording session jobs and played in a number of successful Melbourne cover bands including: Regular Boys, Demix and for ten years was Lead Singer-Lead guitarist with top Melbourne blues-rock band ‘L.A. Express’. For three years he was the Lead Guitarist-Vocalist for the fabulous Gold Coast show band, The Good Rockin’ Daddy’s and was the founding member and front man of Gold Coast Rockabilly band The Jive Cats.
Wayne Ransom has exceptional versatility that has led him to lots of exciting work over the years. He was a backing vocalist for American award winning Max Pellicano’s “Elvis to the Max” tours during his concerts at the Crown Casino Showroom in Melbourne and having the uncanny ability to sound remarkably like Neil Diamond, he performed the part of the great man in the Australian Joe Cocker Tribute Show “With a little help from my friends” for over 3 years.
A successful and highly regarded musician in his own right with a career spanning over five decades, Wayne Ransom has an extensive repertoire of songs, which means he always has something to please everyone and suit any kind of engagement. More than just a great musician, Wayne Ransom is a genuinely friendly guy who always sets out to connect with his audience and make sure everyone goes home happy. Wayne Ransom truly loves what he does and has a passion that is evident every time he takes the stage.
Wayne Ransom and his extensive setlist:
E A S YÂ A N DÂ C H I L L E D
Ain’t missin you – John Waite
Aint no sunshine – Bill withers
Always with you – Joe Satriani
Angels – Robbie Williams
At this moment – Billy Vera and the Beaters
Avalon – Roxy Music
Babe – Styx
Baby I love your way – Big Mountan
Beautiful in my eyes – Joshua Jaddison
Best of my love – The Eagles
Better man – Robbie Williams
Black & Gold – Jazzy – Sam Sparrow
Black Velvet – Alannah Miles
Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt
Breezin – George Benson
Candle in the wind – Elton John
Change the world – Eric Clapton
Cool change. – LRB
Crazy – Patsy Cline
Daniel – Elton John
Don’t dream it’s over – Paul young
Dream weaver – Gary Wright
Drive – The Cars
Easy – Lionel Ritchie
Europa – Santana
Father and son – Boyzone
Feel like making love – Roberta Flack
Fire and rain – James Taylor
Flame trees – Acoustic – Cold Chisel
Fly me to the moon – Chilled – Frank Sinatra
Gimmie one reason – Tracey Chapman
Have I told you lately – Rod Stewart
Have to say I love you in a song – Jim Croce
Hazzard – Richard Marx
Heading in the right direction – Renee Geyer
Hide your love away – The Beatles
Holding back the years – Simply Red
Hotel California – Acoustic – The Eagles
If I were a carpenter – Bobby Darrin
If tomorrow never comes – Garth Brooks
I’m on fire – Bruce Springsteen
Imagine – John Lennon
Insensitive – Jan Arden
Into the mystic – Van Morrison
It’s too late baby – Carole King
Jessie – Joshua kaddison
Just the way you are – Billy Joel
Lady in red – Chris De Burgh
Layla – Eric Clapton
Light my fire – Chilled – The Doors
Lilly was here – Dave Stewart
Livin’ on love – Alan Jackson
Love is all around – Wet Wet Wet
Lovin’ you. – Minnie Ripperton
Lowdown – Boz Scaggs
Lying eyes – The Eagles
Moondance – Van Morrison
New kid in town – The Eagles
New kid in town – The Eagles
Nikita – Elton John
Nitemoves – Bob Segar
Nobody knows – Tony Rich Project
Old enough – Acoustic – Dragon
Reckless – Acoustic – Australian Crawl
Smooth – Acoustic – Santana
Smooth operator – Sade
So far away – Dire Straights
So into you – Atlanta Rhythm Section
Sorrow – David Bowie
Summer Breeze – Stylus
Teardrops – Womac & Womac
Tequila sunrise – The Eagles
Touch of paradise – John Farnham
Valerie – Chilled – Amy Winehouse
Walking in Memphis – Marc Cohen
When I die – No Mercy
When you say nothing – Ronan Keating
Wicked game – Chris Isaac
Wonderful tonight – Eric Clapton
Your song – Elton John
O U TÂ I NÂ T H EÂ B A R
All for you – Blues Traveller
Alone with you – The Sunnyboys
April sun in Cuba – Dragon
Are you old enough – Dragon
Baby I love your way – Big Mountan
Be my baby – UB40
Better be hoome soon – Crowded House
Betterman – Pearl Jam
Black magic woman – Santana
Blister in the sun – Violent Femmes
Blue on black – Kenny Wayne Shepard
Boys lite up – Australian Crawl
Breakfast at Tiffanys – Deep Blue Something
Cant get enuf of you baby – Smashmouth
Capricorn dancer – Richard Clapton
Cats in the cradle – Harry Chapin
Chain reaction – John Farnham
Cherry bomb – John Mellencamp
Cocaine – JJ Cale
Come up and see me – Steve Harley
Comfortably Numb – Pink Floyd
Cool World – Mondo Rock
Copperhead Road – Steve Earl
Crazy – Funked up a bit – Gnarls Barkly
Creep – Radiohead
Cry in shame – Diesel
Curiosity killed the cat – LRB
Darling it hurts – Paul Kelly
Daughter – Pearl Jam
Dead or Alive – Bon Jovi
Deep water – Richard Clapton
Do you see what I see – Hunters & Collectors
Don’t change – INXS
Don’t dream it’s over – Crowded House
Dumb things – Paul Kelly
Dumb things – Paul Kelly
Every breath you take – Police
Feelin alright – Joe Cocker
Flame trees – Cold Chisel
Follow Me – Uncle Crakker
Girls on the Avenue – Richard Clapton
Good time tonite – Jimmy Barnes – INXS
Green limousine – The Badloves
Hard to handle – Black Crows
Helping hand – The Sceaming Jets
Hey soul sister – Train
House is rockin – Stevie Ray Vaughn
I don’t need love – Diesel
I shot the Sherrif – Bob Marley
I still havn’t found – U2 –
Indisposed – Australian Crawl
Is she really going out – Joe Jackson
Is this love – Bob Marley
Jack and Dianne – John Mellencamp
Khe Sanh – Cold Chisel
Land Downunder – Men at Work
Last Kiss – Pearl Jam
Leaps and bounds – Paul Kelly
Let her cry – Hootie & the Blowfish
Live it up – Mental as Anything
Living in a prayer – Acoustic – Bon Jovi
Lola – The Kinks
Lonely old night – John Mellencamp
Long Train runnin – The Doobie Brothers
Lookin out my back door – Creedence Clearwater
Losing my religion – REM
Love her madly – The Doors
Lullabye – Shaun Mullins
Maggie May – Rod Stewart
Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffet
Mary had a little lamb – Stevie Ray Vaughn
Midnight Special – Creedence Clearwater
Mr Jones and me – Counting Crows
My baby – Cold Chisel
No secrets – The Angels
Now we’re getting somewhere – Crowded House
Now we’re getting somewhere – Crowded House
Oh no not you again – Australian Crawl
One perfect day – Little Heroes
Only wanna be with you – Hootie & the Blowfish
Paper in fire – John Mellencamp
Pefect – Ed Sheeran
Pink houses – John Mellencamp
Razor’s edge – Goanna
Reckless – Australian Crawl
Red Red Wine – UB40
Ride the night away – Jimmy Barnes
Riptide – Vance Joy
Save tonight – Eagle Eye Cherry
Sharp dressed man – ZZ Top
Shivers – Screaming Jets
Show me the way – Peter Frampton
Slipping away – Max Merrit and the Meteors
Small town – John Mellencamp
So far away – Dire Straights
Solid Rock – Goanna
Something so strong – Crowded House
Songbird – Bernard Fanning
Sound of then – Gangagang
Steal my kisses – Ben Harper
Steamroller blues – James Taylor
Still got the blues for you – Gary Moore
Still on yor side – Jimmy Barnes
Still on yor side – accoustic – Jimmy Barnes
Strong persuader – Robert Cray
Strong Persuader – Robert Cray
Stuck in the middle – Stealers Wheel
Sultans of swing – Dire Straights
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Sweet guy – Paul Kelly
Sweet home Chicago – The Blues Brothers
Take a long line – The Angels
Take it easy – The Eagles
Take me to the river – Talking Heads
Talk to your daughter – Robben Ford
The Devil went down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels Band
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
The Horses – Daryl Braithwaite
The Joker – Steve Miller Band
The Joker – Styeve Miller Band
The nips are getting bigger – Mental as Anything
The one I love – REM
The Way – Fastball
Three AM – Matchbox 20
Throw your arms around me – Hunters & Collectors
Tip of my tongue – Diesel
To her door – Paul Kelly
Too many times – Mental as Anything
Under the milky way – The Church
Unguarded moment – The Church
Wagon Wheel – Darius Rucker
Way out West – The Dingoes
Werewolves of London – Warren Zevon
Wild World – Cat Stevens
Wish you well – Bernard Fanning
Wish you were here – Pink Floyd
Wonderwall – Oasis
D A N C I N GÂ &Â P O P U L A R
Dec-63 – Frankie Vallie
Another Saturday Night – Jimmy Buffet
Are you old enough – Dragon
Bad moon rising – Creedence Clearwater
Blister in the sun – Violent Femmes
Boys from the bush – Lee Kernagan
Brandy – Looking Glass
Bright side of the road – Van Morrison
Cant get enuf of you baby – Smash Mouth
Celebration – Dragon
Chattahoochie – Alan Jackson
Cherry Cherry – Neil Diamond
Cool world – Mondo Rock
Cracklin Rosie – Neil Diamond
Crazy little thing called love – Queen
Crocodile rock – Elton John
Crunchy Granola Suite – Neil Diamond
Doctor doctor – Robert Palmer
Dont change – INXS
Don’t Stop – Fleetwood Mac
Don’t you forgrt about me – Simple Minds
Driving my life away – Eddie Rabbit
Eight Days a week – The Beatles
Faith – George Michael
Good time tonite – Jimmy Barnes – INXS
Hooked on a feeling – Blue Suede
How Long – Ace
Hurts so good – John Mellencamp
I love a rainy night – Eddie Rabbit
I’m a believer – The Monkees
It’s not unusual – Tom Jones
Just can’t get enuf – Depeche Mode
Let your love flow – Bellamy Brothers
Little sister – Dwight Yokham
Livinla vida loca – Ricky Martin
Lodi – Creedence Clearwater
Lookin out my back door – Creedence Clearwater
Love her madly – The Doors
Love is in the air – John Paul Young
Mama Mia – ABBA
Mercury Blues – Alan Jackson
Money Maroney – Hush
Mustang Sally – The Commitments
New York – Frank Sinatra
No secrets – The Angels
Nutbush – Tina Turner
Old time rock and roll – Bob Seger
On the road again – Willie Nelson
Outback Club – Lee Kernagan
Outta mind outta sight – The Moddels
Red red wine – UB40
Ride the night away – Jimmy Barnes
R-O-C-K in the USA – John Mellencamp
Route 66 – The Rolling Stones
Runnaway – Dell Shannon
Shake your booty – KC & the Sunshine Band
Sister golden hair – America
Slide – Goo Goo Dolls
Something so strong – Crowded House
Stand by me – Ben E King
Stuck in the middle – Stealers Wheel
Sultans of swing – Dire Straights
Summer of 69 – Bryan Adams
Sway – Michael Buble
Take a long line – The Angels
Take me to the river – Talking Heads
The Nips are getting bigger – Mental as Anything
Three AM – Matchbox 20
To her door – Paul Kelly
Too many times – Mental as Anything
Two strong hearts – John Farnham
Unguarded moment – The Church
Video killed the radio star – The Buggles
Whisper your name – Harry Connick Jr.
Wild wild west – Escape Club
You may be right – Billy Joel
Your mama don’t dance – Brian Cadd
F O R T H E O L D I E S
All over now – The Rolling Stones
All shook up – Elvis Presley
Another Saturday night – Jimmy Buffet
Apache – The Shadows
Bad moon rising – Creedence Clearwater
Blame it on the bossanova – Edie Gormee
Blue suede shoes – Elvis Presley
Brown eyed girl. – Van Morrison
Brown sugar – The Rolling Stones
Bye Bye love – The Everly Brothers
California Blue – Roy Orbison
Chains – The Cookies
Cherry Cherry – Neil Diamond
Concrete and Clay – Martin Plaza
Copacabana – Barry Manilow
Couls I have this dance – Ann Margaret
Cracklin Rose – Neil Diamond
Crocodile rock – Elton John
Crunchy. – Neil Diamond
Daydream believer – The Monkees
Don’t be cruel. – Elvis Presley
Down on the corner – Creedence Clearwater
Dream Dream Dream – Everly Brothers
Dream lover – Bobby Darrin
Fly like a bird – Boz Scaggs
Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
Garden party – Ricky Nelson
Green Door – Shakin Stevens
Green Green Grass of home – Tom Jones
He’ll have to go – Jim Reeves
Help yourself – Tom Jones
Hooked on a feeling – Blue Suede
I heard it through the grape – Marvin Gaye
If I said you had a beautiful body – The Bellamy Brothers
If I were a carpenter – Bobby Darrin
I’ll be around – Doug Parkinson
It’s not unusual – Tom Jones
It’s now or never – Elvis Presley
Johnny B Goode – G – Chuck Berry
Just a Giggilo – David Lee Roth
Kansas City – The Beatles
Lay down Sally – Eric Clapton
Let your love flow – The Bellamy Brothers
Looking out my back door – Creedence Clearwater
Midnight special. – Creedence Clearwater
My girl – The Four Tops
Neon Moon – Brookes & Dunne
New York – Frank Sinatra
On the Prowl – Ol’ 55
Only 16 – Doctor Hook
Peaceful easy feeling – The Eagles
Return to sender – Elvis Presley
Rock this town – The Stray Cats
Runaway – Dell Shannon
Sadie – John Farnham
Save the last dance – The Drifters
Saw here standing. – The Beatles
Sea Cruise – Frankie Ford
Shaddup you face. – Joe Dolce
She’s so fine – The Easybeats
Shilo – Neil Diamond
Sister golden hair – America
Solitary man – Neil Diamond
Sorry – The Easybeats
Stray Cat Strut – The Stray Cats
Stuck on you – Elvis Presley
Such a night – Elvis Presley
Summertime Blues – Alan Jackson
Suspicious minds – Elvis Presley
Sweet Caroline – Neil Diamond
Teddy Bear – Elvis Presley
That’s alright mamma – Elvis Presley
The rise & fall of Flingal Bunt – The Shadows
The wanderer – Dion
These boots are made for walking – Nancy Sinatra
Under the boardwalk – The Spinners
When will I be loved – Everly Brothers
You never can tell – Chuck Berry
