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I saw this subject heading and I thought it meant "out of the closet"!  LOL!

Anyway, I've never been anywhere where the same person always closes the show.  Usually the KJ _OPENS_ the show by singing a song, though.  At a couple of places where I go, one of the regulars is an older guy who sings a lot of Sinatra stuff, and they usually put him first in the rotation.  I think that's because he's usually the first customer there.  

Once I got to a karaoke place just as they were closing up for the night, and as I was coming in, one of the workers said, "Let this customer sing."  So I got to go ahead and sing anyway (even though there were very few people there!  I didn't mind, though!).

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i thought this topic would mean a singer who bails you out on a slow night to help get the crowd going.  in which case, yes i do.  a couple actually.  i know i can count on them to come sing, even if i just toss a song in for them and call them up.  

as to the real topic here, i have a standing tradition of taking the last song.  it's always after karaoke has ended (1:30 am at my venues), but the song varies.  usually it's "The Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time", but once in awhile it's "Six Pack To Go" or "Hey Bartender" if it's a saturday night gig.  they're all songs that just about everyone knows and will sing along with, plus it gets the message across that the bar is closing.

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After closing my shows I will sing Monty Python's "Sit On My Face" as the, "that, that, that's all folks," unless management has an issue with that.

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Despite the internet rumor, Karaoke is not Japanese for "drunk buffoon with microphone."  However, "rotation," is Japanese for wait your damn turn!

Oh I've been that singer quite a few times - one particular night where the first half a dozen rotations consisted of just me and the KJ

I've been singing Goodnite Sweetheart for so long, I almost know all the words.

I used to close all my shows with Goodnight Sweetheart. too.  But invited about 6 or so singers up each night to do it as a group and they loved it.  Of course the guys always wanted to do that low part....  I have had nights when as many as 10 singers came up to sing it.  It was a nice way to close the show.

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