Always in high demand ROXY (aka Paul Rothapfel) has fulfilled extensive contracts with 5 star hotels and cruise liners internationally. His career has seen him either as support act, working with or rubbing shoulders with great artists such as the Jacksons, Vince Melouney (Bee Gees and Aztecs) Lyn Bowtell (Bella), Max Merritt, Billy Thorpe, Glenn Shorrock and Diesel.

In between overseas gigs, he was always seen back in Australia entertaining patrons in many venues from small intimate piano bars and restaurants outside staged performances and special unplugged Cabaret shows in many clubs, pubs and theatres.

With most probably the most extensive song list known by any one performer internationally (4000 songs and melodies including over 30 hours of continuous live band recorded backing tracks) ranging from the classics to the new millennium or Dianna Krall to Michael Buble style lounge Jazz to Angels to Cold Chisel style rock), he can cater to any taste using his three tools of trade, a grand piano, blues harp and his voice. Or if you want to get up and boogie you can with his extensive ‘Party Repertoire’ featuring custom (non midi) live recorded backings guaranteed to smoke up the floor and get your mojo going.

Perhaps the first pianoman in the world to have a venue in his name, ROXY's Piano Bar ceased operation in June 2011 following a downturn in the local economy owing to recent catastrophic floods in the South East Queensland.

 

CONDENSED SONG LIST

Repertoire includes over 4000 songs and variants ranging from classical to the new millennium.
Solo shows include over 30 hours of continuous play live band recorded backing tracks.


A Little less conversation (Elvis)
Across the universe (Beatles)
Against all odds (Phil Collins)
Ain't no sunshine (Bill Withers)
Ain't no sunshine - R&B extended
All night long (Lionel Ritchie)
All of me (Trad)
All of my life (Roxy)
Allentown (Billy Joel)
Almost like being in love (Trad)
Am I ever going to see your face again? (Angels)
Amazing (Alex Lloyd)
America (Neil Diamond)
American pie (Don McLean)
And I love her (Beatles)
And I love you so (Don McLean)
Angels (Robbie Williams)
Another Saturday night (Cat Stevens)
Any dream will do (Lloyd Webber)
April sun in Cuba (Dragon)
Are you old enough? (Dragon)
At seventeen (Janis Ian)
Autumn leaves (Trad)
Baby can I hold you tonight (Tracy Chapman)
Baby, I love your way (Peter Frampton)
Bad day (Daniel Powter)
Bad habits (Bily Field)
Bad moon rising (CCR)
Bad, bad Leroy brown (Jim Croce)
Baker Street - orig (Gerry Rafferty)
Baker street techno version
Ballade pour Adeline (Clayderman)
Beatles medley
Beautiful Maria (Gypsy Kings)
Beautiful noise (Niel Diamond)
Ben (Michael Jackson)
Bennie & the jets (Elton John)
Better be home soon (Crowded House)
Better man (Robbie Williams)
Bewitched, bothered & bewildered (Trad)
Big shot (Billy Joel)
Billie jean (Michael Jackson)
Blame it on the boogie (Jackson 5)
Blinded by the light (Masters Apprentices)
Blue eyes (Elton John)
Border song (Elton John)
Born to be alive (Patrick Hernandez)
Breakfast at tiffany's (Deep Blue Something)
Breakfast in America (Supertramp)
Bridge over troubled water (S&G)
Brown eyed girl (Van Morrison)
Build me up buttercup (The Foundations)
Butterfly kisses (Bob Carlisle)
California dreaming' (Mamas and Papas)
Candle in the wind (Elton John)
Can you feel the love tonight (Elton John)
Can’t buy me love (ROXY)
Can't help falling in love with you (Elvis Presley)
Can't get enough of your love (Barry White)
Can't take my eyes off you (Frankie Valli)
Cat's in the cradle (Harry Chapin)
Caruso (Lucio Dalla/Zucchero)
Castles in the air (Don McLean)
Celebration (Kool & the Gang)
Change the world (Eric Clapton)
Chasing cars (Snow Patrol)
Cherry cherry (Neil Diamond)
Closing time (Semsonic)
Come on Eileen (Dexy's midnight runners)
Come said the boy (Mondo Rock)
Coming round again (Carly Simon)
Copacabana (Barry Mannilow)
Cracklin' Rosie (Neil Daimond)
Crazy little thing called love (Queen)
Crocodile rock (Elton John)
Crunchy granola Suite (Neil Diamond)
Daddy don't you walk so fast (Wayne Newton)
Dancing queen (Abba)
Daniel (Elton John)
Danke schoen (Wayne Newton)
Daughters (John Mayer)
Daydream believer (Monkeys)
December 63 (oh, what a night)
Desperado (Eagles)
Diamond girl (Seals and Crofts)
Diary (David Gates)
Do you love me? (The Contours)
Don’t it make my brown eyes blue? (Crystal Gale)
Don't ask me why (Billy Joel)
Don't cry out loud (Peter Allen)
Don't dream it's over (Crowded House)
Don't get around much any more (trad)
Don't give up (Peter Gabriel)
Don't go breaking my heart (Elton John)
Don't know why (Norah Jones)
Don't let me be lonely tonight (James Taylor)
Don't let the sun go down on me (Elton John)
Down on the corner (CCR)
Down under (Men at Work)
Drift away (Dobie Gray)
Drops of Jupiter (Train)
Eagle rock (Daddy Cool)
Easy (Commodores)
Ebony and ivory (Stevie Wonder)
Eight days a week (Beatles)
Escape (the piña colada song) Rupert Holmes)
Every breath you take (Sting)
Every time you say goodbye (Trad)
Everybody hurts (REM)
Everybody's got to learn sometime (Corgis)
Experience (ROXY)
Faith (George Michael)
Falling slowly (Glenn Hansard)
Fast car (Tracy Chapman)
Father & son (Cat Stevens)
Feel (Robbie Williams)
Fire and rain (James Taylor)
Fly me to the moon (Trad)
Footloose (Kenny Loggins)
For the good times (Kris Kristoffersen)
For the longest time (Billy Joel)
Forever in blue jeans (Neil Diamond)
Get back (Beatles)
Ghostbusters (Ray Parker Jnr)
Give a little bit (Supertramp)
Golden brown (The Stranglers)
Goodbye yellow brick road (Elton John)
Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel)
Got my mind set on you (Travelling Willberries)
Grease (Frankie Valli)
Greased lightning
Great balls of fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
Greatest American hero -believe it or not
Groovy kind of love (Phil Collins)
Have a little faith in me (Joe Cocker)
Have I told you lately? (Van Morrison)
Have you ever been in love? (Leo Sayer)
Have you ever seen the rain? (CCR)
He ain't heavy, he's my brother (Hollies)
Heart light (Neil Diamond)
Hello (Lionel Ritchie)
Hello again (Neil Diamond)
Hello goodbye (Beatles)
Help is on its way (Little River Band)
Here comes the sun (Beatles)
Hero (Enrique Iglesias)
Hey baby (DJ Otzi)
Hey Jude (Beatles)
Hey there Delilah (Plain White T's)
Hide your love away (Beatles)
High (Lighthouse Family)
Honesty (Billy Joel)
Hotel California (Eagles)
House of fun (Madness)
How can I be sure? (Dusty Springfield)
How deep is your love? (BeeGees)
How do you keep the music playing? (James Imgram)
How sweet it is (James Taylor)
I can see clearly now (Johhny Nash)
I do it for you (Bryan Adams)
I don't like Mondays (Boomtown Rats)
I don't want to talk about it (Rod Stewart)
I feel fine (Beatles)
I feel good (James Brown)
I go to Rio (Peter Allen)
I got you babe (Sonny & Cher)
I guess that's why they call it the blues (Elton John)
I honestly love you (Peter Allen)
I left my heart in San Francisco (Trad)
I love the nightlife (Alecia Bridges)
I say a little prayer (Aretha Franklin)
I still call Australia home (Peter Allen)
I want to hold your hand (Beatles)
I was only nineteen (Redgum)
I will survive (Gloria Gaynor)
I wish (Stevie Wonder)
I write the songs (Barry Mannilow)
I’ll stand by you (The Pretenders)
If I ain't got you (Alecis Keys)
If I had words (Westlife)
If you could read my mind (Gordon Lightfoot)
If you leave me now (Chicago)
I'll find my way home (Vangelis)
I'm a believer (Neil Diamond)
I'm gonna be (500 miles) (The Proclaimers)
I'm still standing (Elton John)
Imagine (John Lennon)
Innocent man (Billy Joel)
Isn’t it time (The Babys)
It had to be you (Trad)
It’s a long way to the top (Angels)
It's got to be perfect (Fairground Attraction)
It's not unusual (Tom Jones)
It's still rock and roll to me (Billy Joel)
It's too late (Carol King)
I've got you under my skin (Trad)
I've had the time of my life (Bill Medley)
Jack & Diane (John Cougar Mellancamp)
Jealous guy (Bryan Ferry)
Jeremiah was a bullfrog (Tree Dog Night)
Jessie’s girl (Rick Springfield)
Johnny B Goode (Chuck Berry)
Joker (Steve Miler Band)
Just a gigolo / ain’t got nobody
Just like starting over (John Lennon)
Just the way you are (Billy Joel)
Just the way you look tonight (Trad)
Karma chameleon (Boy George)
Khe Sanh (Cold Chisel)
Knock on wood (Amii Stewart)
Kokomo (Beach Boys)
Lady in red (Chris De Burgh)
Lady Jane (Rolling Stones)
Lady Madonna (Beatles)
Late in the evening (Paul Simon)
Lately (Stevie Wonder)
Laughter in the rain (Neil Sedaka)
Layla (Eric Clapton)
Lean on me (Bill Withers)
Let it be (Beatles)
Lion sleeps tonight (the Tokens)
Little Jeannie (Elton John)
Little ray of sunshine (Brian Cadd)
Live and let die (Wings)
Live it up (Mental as Anything)
Living for the city (Stevie Wonder)
Long & winding road (Beatles)
Long train running (Doobie Bros)
Longer (Dan Fogelburg)
Longfellow serenade (Neil Diamond)
Looking out my back door (CCR)
Love boat theme
Love is in the air (John Paul Young)
Love is in the air extended
Love me do (Beatles)
Love on the rocks (Neil Diamond)
Love will keep us together (Captain and Tenille)
Lovin' you (Minnie Ripperton)
Lucky stars (Dean Freidman)
Lucky you (Lyn Bowtell)
Lyin eyes (Eagles)
Mack the knife (Bobby Darryn)
Maggie may (Rod Stewart)
Mama mia (Abba)
Man on the moon (REM)
Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett)
Masquerade (George Benson)
Master blaster (Stevie Wonder)
Midnight hour (Wilson Pickett)
Misty (Trad)
Mona Lisa (Nat King Cole)
Moon shadow (Cat Stevens)
Moondance (Van Morrsison)
Moonlighting (Al Jerreau)
More than I can say (Leo Sayer)
Morning has broken (Cat Stevens)
Most people I know (Billy Thorpe)
Movin' out (Billy Joel)
Mull of kintyre (Beatles)
Mustang sally (Commitments)
Music box dancer (Frank Mills)
My Cherie amour (Stevie Wonder)
My girl (The four tops)
My life (Billy Joel)
My love (Paul McCartney)
My sweet lord (George Harrison)
My way (Sintara)
Never tear us apart (INXS)
New York New York (Trad)
New York State of mind (Billy Joel)
Nikita (Elton John)
No more lonely nights (Paul McCartney)
Norwegian wood (Beatles)
Nowhere man (Beatles)
Nutbush City Limits (Tina Turner)
Obla-di obla-da (Beatles)
Oh babe, what would you say? (Hurricane Smith)
Oh darlin' there's no pleasin you (Chas & Dave)
Old time rock and roll (Bob Segar)
On Broadway (George Benson)
On the beach (Chris Rea)
One voice (Barry Mannilow)
Only the good die young (Billy Joel)
Only you (The Platters)
Orange coloured sky (Nat King Cole)
Orchard road (Leo Sayer)
Part time lover (Stevie Wonder)
Peace train (Cat Stevens)
Penny lane (Beatles)
Philadelphia freedom (Elton John)
Piano man (Bily Joel)
Pressure down (John Farnham)
Pretty woman (Roy Orbison)
Proud Mary - R&B
Proud Mary up tempo
Quiet please there’s a lady on stage (Peter Allen)
Rainbow connection (Kermit)
Red red wine (UB40)
Reminiscing (Little River Band)
Respect (Aretha Franklin)
Rich girl (Hall & Oates)
Ring of fire (Johnny Cash)
River Deep Mountain high (Tina Turner)
Rock around the clock (Billy Haley)
Rock DJ (Robbie Williams)
Rocket man (Elton John)
Rollercoaster (Ronan Keating)
Roxanne (The Police)
Run to paradise (The Chiorboys)
Sacrifice (Elton John)
Sailing (Rod Stewart)
Saltwater (Julian Lennon)
Satisfaction (Rolling Stones)
Saturday in the park (Chicago)
Say goodbye to Hollywood (Billy Joel)
Say I love you (Renee gayer)
Say you, say me (Lionel Ritchie)
Scenes from an Italian restaurant (Billy Joel)
Secret love (Kathy Kirby)
See ya later alligator (Bill Haley)
September (Earth, Wind and Fire)
Sexual healing (Marvin Gaye)
Shake your booty (KC and the Sunshine Band)
Shake your tail feather (Ray Charles)
Shalala lala (Vengaboys)
She's always a woman (Billy Joel)
She's like the wind (Patrick Swayze)
Shilo (Neil Diamond)
Ships (Barry Mannilow)
Short people (Randy Newman)
Signed sealed delivered (Stevie Wonder)
Since I saw her Standing there (Beatles)
Sir Duke (Stevie Wonder)
Sister Golden Hair (America)
Slice of heaven (Dave Dobbyn)
Slipping away (Max Merritt)
Something about the way you look tonight (Elton John)
Something beautiful (Robbie Williams)
Sometimes a fantasy (Billy Joel)
Sometimes when we touch (Dan Hill)
Song for guy (Elton John)
Song sung blue (Neil Diamond)
Sorry seems to be the hardest word (Elton John)
Sorry Suzanne (Hollies)
Spanish eyes (Trad)
SpongeBob square pants theme
Stand by me (Ben E. King)
Stars - Les Miserable’s
Still got the blues (Gary Moore)
Still the same (Bob Segar)
Straighten up and fly right (Nat King Cole)
Streets of Philadelphia (Bruce Springsteen)
Stuck in the middle with you (Steelers Wheel)
Suddenly (Billy Ocean)
Summer breeze (Seals & Crofts)
Summer of '69 (Bryan Adams)
Superstition (Stevie Wonder)
Suspicious minds (Elvis Presley)
Sway (Michale Buble)
Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond)
Sweet home Alabama (Leonard Skinnard)
Swinging' on a star (Trad)
Tainted love (Soft Cell)
Take it to the limit (Eagles)
Take me to the pilot (Elton John)
Take that away (Tony Bennet- Chicago verson)
Tapestry (Carol King)
Tears in heaven (Eric Clapton)
Tell her about it (Billy Joel)
Tenterfield saddler (Peter Allen)
Thank god I’m a country boy (Up Tempo)
That old feeling (Trad)
That's the way... I like it (K C and Sunshine Band)
That's what friends are for (Dionne Warwick)
The Brady bunch theme
The gambler (Kenny Rogers)
The girl from Impanema (Trad)
The lady is a tramp (Trad)
The last song (Elton John)
The logical song (Supertramp)
The long & winding road (Beatles)
The look of love (Diana Krall)
The more I see you (Peter Allen)
The Muppet show theme
The music of the night -Phantom
The one (Elton John)
The river of dreams (Billy Joel)
The time warp
The way you look tonight (Tony Bennett)
These are the days (Jamie Cullem)
These are the days (Van Morrison)
These Boots were made for walking (Nancy Sinatra)
This guy's in love with you (Burt Bacharach)
This old love (Lior)
Ticket to ride (Beatles)
Tide is high (Blondie)
Tinsel and ecstasy (ROXY)
Tiny dancer (Elton John)
To be with you (Mr Big)
Tonight's the night (Rod Stewart)
Total eclipse of the heart (Bonnie Tyler)
Turn! Turn! Turn! (Byrds)
Twist & shout (Beatles)
Unchain my heart (Joe Cocker)
Unchained Melody (Righteous Bros)
Uncle Albert (Beatles)
Under the boardwalk (Bette Midler)
Up where we belong (Joe Cocker)
Uptown girl (Billy Joel)
Video killed the radio star (Buggles)
Vincent (Don McLean)
Wake me up before you go go (Wham)
Walk on by (Dionne Warwick)
War is over (Cold Chisel)
Watching the wheels (John Lennon)
Waterloo (Abba)
We are the champions (Queen)
We didn't start the fire (Billy Joel)
We're all alone (Boz Scaggs)
We're all gonna die someday (Kasey Chambers)
We've got tonight (Joe Cocker)
What a wonderful world (Louis Armstrong)
What's new pussycat (Tom Jones)
When I need you (Leo Sayer)
When you say nothing at all (Ronan Keating)
Whisper your name (Harry Connick Jnr)
Wild thing (Trogs)
Wild world (Cat Stevens)
Winchester cathedral (New Vaudeville Band)
With a little help from my friends (Joe Cocker)
Woman (John Lennon)
Y.M.C.A (Village People)
Yellow (ColdPlay)
Yellow submarine (Beatles)
You are the sunshine of my life (Stevie Wonder)
You can leave your hat on (Joe Cocker)
You can't hurry love (Phil Collins)
You get what you give (New Radicals)
You may be right (Billy Joel)
You’ve got a friend (James Taylor)
Your song (Elton John)
Your song 'Moulin rouge'
You're a lady (Peter Skellern)
You're beautiful (James Blunt)
You're in my heart (Rod Stewart)
You're so vain (Carly Simon)
You're the voice (John Farnham)
You've got to hide your love away (Beatles)
Zoom (Fat Larry's Band)


Below is a selection of acoustic songs and pieces, there are several thousand in all to choose from, just hum a few bars of any song and ROXY will fulil your request.


Always a woman
Against all odds
Ain’t no sunshine
All my loving'
Always on my mind
American pie
And I love her
Annie’s song
Arthur’s theme no. 1
A song for you
At seventeen
Amazing grace
Another Saturday night
Across the universe
At this moment
Big yellow taxi
Bad moon rising
Bridge over troubled water
Banana boat song
Benny and the jets
Breaking up is hard to do
Burn for you
Ben
Blue eyes
Mr Bojangles
Brown eyed girl
Back in the USSR
Baby grand
Baby I’m easy
Babe
Big spender
Blue moon
Breakfast at tiffany’s
California dreaming
Candle in the wind
Can’t buy me love
Can’t help falling in love with you
Can’t take my eyes off you
Cats in the cradle
Crocodile rock
Can’t get no satisfaction
Can you feel the love tonight?
Come said the boy
Don’t dream it's over
Drops of Jupiter
Delilah
Desperado
Daniel
Daydream believer
Dock of the bay
Drift away
Don’t let the sun go down on me
Ebony and ivory
Eight days a week
Eleanor Rigby
Everybody loves somebody
Everybody’s talking at me
Everything I do, I do for you
Every breath you take
Everyday
Fool on the hill
Fly me to the moon
Fire and rain
Father and son
Feel like making love to you
Feeling groovy
Goodbye Norma jean
Get back
Good day sunshine
Goodbye yellow brick road
Great balls of fire
Groovy kind of love
Georgia
Goodnight Saigon
Go to Rio
Green door
Got you under my skin
Hard to say I’m sorry
Heart of gold
Have I told you lately?
Hard day’s night
Hello
Hello goodbye
Help
Here there and everywhere
Hey Jude
He ain’t heavy, he's my brother
Hotel California
Honesty
House of the rising sun
Hey big spender
It had to be you
I can see clearly now
I can’t stop loving you
I don’t wanna talk about it
I honestly love you
I left my heart in San Francisco
I saw her standin there
I say a little prayer
I should have known better
I still call Australia home
I’ve got you under my skin
Imagine
In my life
It’s not unusual
It’s still rock and roll to me
It’s too late
I guess that’s why call it the blues
I’m in the mood for love
If
I can’t live
I won’t last a day without you
I’m not in love
I go to Rio
I feel good
I don’t know how to love him
Innocent man
Jeremiah was a bullfrog
Just once
Just the way you are
Khe sanh
Killing me softly
Knockin on heaven’s door
Karma chameleon
Laughter in the rain
Love is all around
Love me tender
Love on the rocks
Lovin you (Minnie Ripperton)
Lyin eyes
Lady in red
Lady Madonna
Let it be
Lion sleeps tonight
Long and winding road
Lean on me
Love is in the air
Loves theme
Light my fire
Lucy in the sky with diamonds
Light up my life
My way
Michelle
Mellow yellow
Monday Monday
My girl
My eyes adored you
Masquerade (carpenters)
Moon shadow
Mr. Bojangles
Movin out (Anthony’s song)
Midnight hour
Mustang sally
My life
New York New York
Night and day
Nights in white satin
Norwegian wood
Nothing’s gonna change my love 4 u
Nowhere man
New York State of mind
ob la di ob la da
Oh pretty woman
Old time rock and roll
On Broadway
Only you
Over the rainbow
On blueberry hill
Peggy sue
Penny lane
Power of love
Pretty woman
Proud Mary
Please don’t ask me
Piano man
Quiet please there a lady on stage
Right here waiting
Running bear
Rock and roll music
Rhinestone cowboy
Runaway
Rose
Red wine
River Deep Mountain high
Rio
River of dreams
Run-around sue
Ruby Tuesday
Sailing
Sweet Caroline
Say goodbye to Hollywood
Separate lives
She loves you
Sing
Sometimes when we touch
Stand by me
Starry night
Stairway to heaven
Stuck on you
Superstar (carpenters)
Suspicious minds
Sorry Suzanne
Streets of London
Still rock and roll to me
Satisfaction
Sacrifice
Songs of life
Sorry seems to be the hardest word
Solitaire
Shining
Sunday father and son
Song for guy
Tequila sunrise
That’s what friends are for
That’s why the lady is a tramp
The power of love
Teddy bear
The more I see you
Those were the days
Ticket to ride
To all the girls I’ve loved before
Touch of paradise
Twist and shout
Tenterfield saddler
Tears in heaven
This is a song for you
To the light (original)
The diary
The way you look tonight
Two ships
This guy's in love with you
The air that I breathe
The long and winding road
The border song
Tonight’s the night
Tonight I celebrate my love for you
The river of dreams
The luckiest
Unforgettable
Unchained melody
Under the boardwalk
Vincent (starry starry night)
What a wonderful world
When a man loves a woman
When I fall in love
Wind beneath my wings
Where is the love
When the war is over
When I’m sixty-four
Wild thing
With a little help from my friends
Walk right in
We’re all alone
Yellow submarine
Yesterday
Yesterday once more
You and me
You are so beautiful
You light up my life
You needed me
You’ll never walk alone
You’re so vain
You’ve got a friend

There are aproximately 4000 songs and pieces in all performed acoustically with or without vocals or with live recorded high quality backing tracks.
 

VENUES

RCCL Explorer of the Seas (Current)

The Boathouse Tavern
Kallangur Leagues Club
P&O Cruises Pacific Pearl (Ocean Village 1)
ROXYS PIANO BAR @ THE CHALK HOTEL
Sticks Restaurant at Chalk Hotel
America’s Cup Bar
Arnold’s 1950’s Piano Bar Hervey Bay
Auckland Casino
Babbingtons Restaurant @ Apollo International
Boehme’s Nite Club
Boulevard on Beaumont
Brisbane Casino
Brisbane Hilton on Queen Street Mall
Browns Plains Hotel
Caboolture RSL
Captain Cook Cruises
Cardiff District Workers Club
Cardiff RSL
Carlton Crest Brisbane
Carlton Crest Melbourne
Carlton Crest Sydney
Carramar rsl
Casablanca’s Hamilton Island
Charlies restaurants
Civic Theatre
Clarendon Hotel
Club Kilsyth
Club Nova
Cunard Carinthia
Customs House
David Jones Australia
Dirty Nellie’s Feral Piano Bar
Doyalson RSL
Elizabeth’s
Executive Inn
Greenbank RSL
Harrigans Hunter Valley
Hobart Casino
Hogey's Piano Bar
Huberts Restaurant
Hunter Valley Gardens
Jordon’s on Darling Harbour
Jupiters Gold Coast Casino
Kent Hotel Newcastle
Kondari resort
Lady Macquarie Cruises
LeLagon Vanuatu
Lockdown Cabaret Restaurant
Lucky Country hotel
Maitland Heritage Mall
Mary'D Cruises New Caledonia
Meriton
MN Achille Lauro
Monte Pio Court
Ms Reef Escape
MSC Star Lauro cruises
Nelson bay RSL Club
Newcastle Businessmen's Club
Newcastle City Hall
Newcastle Entertainment Centre
Newcastle Hotel
Newcastle Workers Club
Noahs on the Beach
Noumea Casino
Oakvale Winery
P&O cruises
Panthers Cardiff
Panthers Newcastle
Peppers Winery
Pine Rivers Bowling Club
Pipis at the Point
Princess cruises
Queens Wharf Brewery
Radisson Cams Wharf
Radisson Resort
Radisson Vanuatu
Rendezvous Noosa heads
Rivers Restaurant Group Pier 31
Rosebuds Club
Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines
Royal Pines Resort
Salamander Shores Resort
RCCL Serenade of the Seas Schooner Bar
Sheraton International
Sir Frances Drake Hotel
Sitmar Cruises
Sky City Casino Auckland
South Steyne
Stockton RSL Club
Swansea Hotel
Sydney Casino
Tattersalls club
The Alcron
The Atrium
The Beach International
The 'Bella Vista’
The Boathouse Tavern
The Casbah
The Esplanade Hotel
The Exchange Hotel
The International Hotel
The James Cooks Bar Hamilton Island
The Madison
The Metro on George Street
The Newcastle Club
The Phoenix Piano Bar
The QE11,
The Radisson International
The Walkabout Hotel (Arnhem Land)
Top End Hotel Darwin
TSS Fair Princess
TSS Fairstar
Versace Resort
Vues on the Bay, Port Stephens
Wandin Valley Estate
West Leagues Club
Whyndam Estate Wineries
Windham Estate Season plate
Windsor Castle Hotel
Yamanto Piano-Bar/Comedy Bar

 

WHY ROXY

Paul chose ROXY in dedication to relative and idol Samuel ROXY Rothafel – Father of Art Deco, New York Cinema impresario and founder of the Rockettes {formerly the Roxyettes} and Radio City Music Hall showman of the 1920's silent screen era.
For a short documentary click this link HISTORY OF THE ROCKETTES AND RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL


 

The LOGO Story

In the early 1990's ROXY returned to Australia from Europe (as entertainer on the ill fated Achille Lauro) and was booked to perform at the famous 'Top End Hotel' in Darwin. 

It was a long flight from his hometown of Newcastle, and after a near mid-air collision with the plane on which ROXY was travelling, it was suggested that after he checked into his accommodation that he enjoy a few strong beverages at the bar to settle his nerves. This was followed by another strong beverage, and another and another and so on until 3am.

ROXY returned to his room to experience the entire hotel rotating violently and after an unsuccessful attempt to sleep with the room light on (this doesn't work well despite the myth) he decided to have a cold shower to 'shock' his self-inflicted brain into some level of sobriety.

Another 'myth' 

Failing this, ROXY remembered that his mum gave him a bottle of very high potency vitamin B capsules to take in the rare event of forced intoxication; to aid a speedy recovery.

Moving back to the bathroom ROXY stumbled through (in total darkness) his soap case, slashing his fingers on concealed safety razors in the process, to reveal a small bottle of oddly coloured capsules.

In the process of actually putting several in his mouth the bottle slipped from his grasp and fell to the floor, along with the contents resulting in them bieng evenly distributed on the bathroom tiles beneath his feet.

ROXY ended up on the floor in an attempt to collect the capsules and place them back into the bottle.

The floor was cold and welcoming to this intoxicated Novacastrian who hadn't until now experienced the Darwin heat or potency of the local brew!

So it was there he slept, wearing nothing but a smile, clutching a pill bottle in his razor slashed fingers and surrounded by a heap of oddly coloured capsules. 

This should have been the end of the story but it gets better!

At about 7am the next morning 'Nancy' the room maid entered the room to start her ritual cleaning routine, only to discover a young musician on the bathroom floor, wearing nothing but a pill bottle and its contents.

The screaming should have woken ROXY, but it didn't. It was the screams from the old ladies who were standing outside his hotel room waiting for a bus trip to Palmerston. They had entered the room to see what Nancy was hysterical about.

So, ROXY wakes up then Nancy and everyone screams to see ROXY's corpse magically resurrected and the 'undead' starts screaming from the shock and commotion of it all. Realising he is in the 'altogether', he sits up, bashes his head on the sink and knocks himself out, which to the reports of the several old ladies and Nancy.... "thus killing himself again" 

When ROXY finally came too, it was to the ringing of his room telephone. The person on the other end was a journalist who was waiting in the venue for an interview and an exclusive photo for the local Darwin Newspaper.

So, donning a pair of jeans, a t-shirt and jacket, ROXY guised himself in a pair of dark sunglasses and headed to the venue for the ill fated interview. Needless to say, the sunnies stayed on for the photo.

This photo was chosen as the cover of his first album released in 1994 and from this album the logo was born.

ROXY has kept the image of the 'piano-man' as his logo since then and after a few alterations, has become a major part of his branding. Why did he keep it? He says to remind him NEVER to drink 2 bottles of scotch followed by 7 Darwin stubbies, a donor kebab and a pint of milk in one session!

He eventually regained his state of sobriety after being thrown in the swimming pool by Ted Mulry (TMG)

The moral here, Come to ROXY's gigs and feel free to enjoy yourself, but please consume your beverages in moderation, or you too will have your very own Logo to tell your grandchildren about.

The Logo was adorned on the walls in this massive mural by Chalk Artist Andrew Petreau




Here is the photo that started it all (Taken by Danni Gawlic at the Darwin Sun)

ABOUT THE VENUE

ROXY'S Piano Bar, situated in the former Brisbane Lions Den @ the Chalk Hotel featured a low lit 'New York' club feel married with LED and intelligent fibre optic lighting to create a great atmosphere for partying it up in a safe and welcoming atmosphere: where all ages were welcome.

ROXY's opened its doors to the general public in April 2011. This was made possible with the collaborative assistance of the owners and management of the coveted Chalk Hotel, who have won numerous awards in recent years including 'Australia's Best Hotel' in 2008.

ROXY's was headed by acclaimed piano vocal entertainer Paul Rothapfel AKA ROXY.

He recently returned to Australia following a successful tour in USA to undertake what could be only considered to be a massive project for a solo musician. A 'Retro-Party Piano Bar' in the Brisbane CBD. This concept was inspired based on the success of his residency at the Brisbane Hilton 'America's Cup Bar' and most recently a similar piano bar situated in his hometown of Newcastle that had ROXY performing to locals for a residency that spanned 8 years.

The venue featured an impressive on-going changing display of chalk art featuring a massive mural of RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL, as well as larger than life portraits of Elton John, Billy Joel, Ray Charles and Roxy himself! There is also a wall dedicated to two much loved identities and personal friends; comedians Lucky Grills and Calvin DeGrey. There was also a VIP signature wall all drawn by local chalk art legend Andrew 'Chalky' Petreau.

The selection of music was 'By Request' meaning the music you heard was what you want! you just had to select a song from his extensive list and write it down on the slips provided, for any mood, any song, any time.

The nights started off tame and usually built up to a riotous mixture of groovy dance themes and songs from the 1950's to the new millennium. It got loud late at night, but that's all a part of the fun. It was totally interactive and a great night out for everyone from teens to baby boomers, in fact we were proud to welcome all the members from the exclusive 'BRISBANE BABY BOOMERS CLUB'

2011 was quite a horrific year at the start with the catastrophic floods and loss of life, also affecting the greater CBD. This jeopardised the start of ROXYs from the onset (being that the grand opening was to be Australia Day) However we pressed on and gave it a shot.
The venue proved to be a success, however with the effect of the floods on the local economy it has proved difficult to keep the venue operating efficiently. We decided to close the venue and give the people of Brisbane some time to restore their lives back to normal. 

Currently ROXY is based in New York performing to mainly NY and NJ audiences on board RCCL's luxury liner 'The Explorer of the Seas' until April 2012 with tentative bookings in the Philippines, Scotland, Ireland and New York for the remainder of 2012. Currently working on a new 'headliner' act with big band, ROXY will return to Australia for a short season after seasonal performances in various venues world wide.

ROXY hopes to settle in Brooklyn or Manhattan, New York towards the end of 2012.