Ballroom Dancing List - Fox Trot - Jitterbug - Rumba - Waltz - ect

Cha Cha:
Brand New Man Brooks & Dunn
Smooth – Santana ft. Rob Thomas
Dance With Me – Debelah Morgan
I Need To Know – Marc Anthony*
Friends In Low Places Garth Brooks
That Don't Impress Me Much Shania Twain
A Hard Days Night Beatles
Ain't To Proud To Beg Temptations*
Chain Of fools Aretha franklin
Do Wah Diddy Diddy Manfred Mann
Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha Sam Cooke*
Loco Motion Little Eva
Tea For Two – Tommy Dorsey*

Jitterbug:
In The Mood / Chattanooga Choo Choo / Pennsylvania 6-5000/Little Brown Jug – Glen Miller*
Take The A Train – Duke Ellington
Swing The Mood – Jive Bunny*
Rock Around The Clock – Bill Hailey & The Comets*
Jailhouse Rock / Blue Suede Shoes – Elvis Presley
Mack The Kinfe – Bobby Darin
Sexy & 17 – Stray Cats
At The Hop – Danny & The Juniors

Foxtrot
Fly Me To The Moon/ I’ve Got You Under My Skin – Frank Sinatra
L-O-V-E – Nat King Cole
Fever – Peggy lee / Michael Buble
Your Nobody Til Somebody Loves You – Dean Martin
It had To be You – Harry Connick Jr.
King Of The Road Roger Miller
Beyond The Sea Bobby Darin
Get Your Kicks on Route 66 Four Freshmen/ Nat King Cole
Mack The Knife Bobby Darin
Red Roses for A Blue Lady Vic Dana
There Goes My Baby Drifters
You Always Hurt The One You Love Henry Frogman
A Wink and A Smile Harry Connick Jr.
A Kiss To Build A Dream On – Louis Armstrong
Crazy Love / Have I Told You lately – Van Morrison

Triple Swing:
String Of Pearls / Tuxedo Junction/St. Louis Blues March– Glen Miller
Old Time Rock N Roll – Bob Seger
Runaround Sue – Dion
Still Rock N Roll To Be – Billy Joel
How Sweet It Is – Marvin Gaye
I Love You – Martina McBride
Im A Believer – Monkees / Smash Mouth
Im Gonna Be (500 Miles) – Proclaimers
Signed, Sealed, delivered – Stevie Wonder
This Will Be (An Everlasting Love) – Natalie Cole
This Kiss – Faith Hill
Rockin’ At Midnight - Honeydrippers

Foxtrot/Triple Swing:
Come Go With Me – Del Vikings
I Hear A Symphony – Supremes
Moondance – Van Morrison

Triple Swing/Hustle/Cha Cha:
My First, My Last, My Everything – Barry White

Foxtrot/Two Step/Single Swing:
Forever And Ever Amen – Randy Travis

Waltz
Come Away With Me – Norah Jones

Open Arms - Journey
Could I Have This Dance - Ann Murray*
Pocket Full of Gold - Vince Gill
A Lover's Prayer - Dion & Belmonts
Pretty Paper - Roy Orbinson
Rock & Roll Waltz - Kay Starr
Take It To The Limit - Eagles

Rainbow Connection – Muppet Movie

Viennese Waltz
Cant Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
Delilah Tom Jones
Norwegin Wood Beatles
Scarborough Fair Simon & Garfunkel

Quickstep
Mr Sandman Cordettes
Summer In the City Lovin Spoonful

Rumba
Sway – Michael Buble’ *
A groovy Kind Of Love Wayne Fontana
A Summer Song Chad & Jeremy
And I Love Her Beatles
As Tears Go By Rolling Stones
Blue Bayou Roy Orbinson
Goin Out Of My Head Little Anthony
It's Now Or Never Elvis * (great one!)
Let's Get It On Marvin Gaye
My Cherie Amour Steve Wonder
Rain Drops Dee Clark
Under The Boardwalk Drifters*
I Cross My Heart – George Strait
Come Monday Jimmy Buffett
Best Of My Love Eagles
Slow Hand Pointer Sisters

West Coast Swing I Feel Lucky - Mary Chapin Carpenter
Mother In Law Huey Lewis / Ernie K Doe
Duke Of Earl Gene Chandler
Game Of Love Wayne Fontana
Mustang Sally Wilson Pickett
Joy To the World Three Dog Night
Maggie May Rod Stewart
The Way You Make Me Feel / Billie Jean – Michael Jackson
This Love – Maroon 5

Mambo
Mambo Italiano – Rosemary Cloony
Papa Loves Mambo Perry Como
Tequilla Champs
Because You Loved Me Celine Dion


Samba
In the Summer Time Mongo Jerry
Jump In The Line – Harry Belefonte
Cuban Pete – Jim CarreyRhythm Divine – Enrique Iglesias
Aint It Funny – Jennifer Lopez
Kiss Kiss – Stella Soleil
Tic Tic Tac – Fruit De Passion

Merengue
Hot Hot Hot Xaviar Cougat/ Buster Poindexter
Wolly Bully -Sam The Sham & Pharohs
You Can Call Me Al -Paul Simon
La Bamba Los Lobos/Ritchie Valens
Suavemente / Tu Sunrisa– Elvis Crespo*

Salsa:
Refugio De Amor (You Are My Home) – Chayanne
Sin Tu Amor – Christian Castro*
No me Ames – Jennifer Lopez & Marc Anthony

Swing/Lindy Hop:
Crazy Little Thing Call Love – Queen
Candyman – Christina Aguilera
Sing Sing Sing – Benny Goodman

Swing:
Jump Jive & Wail – Louie Prima/ Brian Setzer*
You & Me and The Bottle Makes Three – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy
Zoot Suit Riot – Cherry Poppin Daddys
Tell her About It – Billy Joel
Crocodile Rock – Elton John

Two Step:
River Of Dreams – Billy Joel
Lady In Red – Chris DeBurgh
Thank You – Dido

Tango:
Blue Tango – Leroy Anderson
Objection – Shakira
Boulevard of Broken Dreams – Tony Bennett*
La Cumparsita – Julio Iglesias

Sets of Music for every Party PART 1

Sets of Music for every party
Recently a DJ in Training asked me about music sets and asked me to draw up a bunch of sets so if stuck he would know exactly what to play. So I jotted some sets down and I am going to post them here so EVERYONE has access to them. PLEASE add more sets that you use in the comments section to help all of us grow as DJs.

BIG BAND
In the Mood - Glen Miller (There is also a Jive bunny mix or a mix By Frank Barbera That I prefer)
Pennsylvania 6-5000 - Glen Miller
Sing, Sing, Sing - Benny Goodman
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw
Chattanoga Choo Choo - Glen Miller
Moonlight Serenade - Glen Miller (SLOW)
Mambo #5 - Lou Bega (more current song)
Jump Jive an Wail - Brian Setzer Orchestra (more current song)
You & Me and the bottle makes three - Big Bad Voo Doo Daddy (more current song)
Zoot Suit Riot - Cherry Poppin Daddys (more current song)

OLDIES 50's 60's
Old Time Rock and Roll - Bob Seger (even though this song is newer)
Runaround sue - Dion
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
The Twist - Chubby Checker
Let's Twist again - Chubby Checker
That's what I like - Jive Bunny oldies mix
Devil with a blue dress on - Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels
Land of 1000 Dances - Wilson Pickett
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett or The Commitments
Unchained Melody - Richeous Brothers (Slow)
Can't help falling in love - Elvis (Slow)
Summerwind - Frank Sinatra (Slow)
AT Last - Etta James (Slow)
Unforgetable - Nat & Natalie Cole (Slow)
In the still of the night - Five Satins (Slow)

More to come ..........................

Like the Boy Scouts say "Be Prepared"

Like the Boy Scouts say "Be Prepared"

What separates a solid DJ from a great DJ? Preparation and execution. This worksheet will focus on all of the commonly used techniques a great DJ will use to be
completely prepared for their performance.

The following are the “behind the scenes” responsibilities you should take note of.

• Call your client EARLY! 2 weeks or more out and discuss date, time, location, music selections (first dance, parent dances, intro or cake cutting music etc.), party dances, special
  requests and announcements and what your approach to the event should be
  (lively, less-interactive, somewhere in between).
• Create usb drive of all of the clients selections  - you will have every song requested backed up in case you need to access it.
• Before the event date, check your collection to make sure you have the songs you need. Check to make sure the songs in your playlist are correct and not remixes or the wrong songs.
• Leave plenty of drive time. Arrive 1 hour to 1 ½ hours before the start time. Take your time unloading and setting up. Rushing through a load in and set-up can
  cause your performance to suffer. Before you leave the car, check your contract
  and refresh yourself with the names of the bride and groom. Be prepared if you
  happen to bump into them or family members. Also a plus to show the banquet
  manager you are familiar with who you are performing for.
• Greet the Banquet Manager to quickly go over place to set-up and time line of events. You must have a Pros T-shirt on and look professional.
• Test your sound and microphone before guests arrive. Check your sound in front of the speakers. You sound should be bass-y and muffled behind your equipment. Don't
  adjust from there. Evaluate the sound from the dance floor. Check your wireless
  microphone. Walk out to the dance floor. Change the battery if the light is
  dimming.
• Re check your playlist.
• Take a business card, turn it over and write the bride and groom's names on it and place it on your mixer in plain view to refer to during the evening. Refer to
  the “bride and groom” by using their names, “John and Mary.”
• Meet with the bride and groom about 20 minutes before show time to go over names and order. Also confirm whether parent dances will follow first dance or will be
  after the cake cutting (most will opt to do them together at the beginning).
  Rewrite the names phonetically if they are difficult to pronounce.
• Go back to your equipment and recheck your sound make sure it sounds perfect.
• Return to the bridal party and assist the banquet manager in the “line up”. Go over names with each couple one last time and they are getting lined up. Return to
  your equipment and wait for the sign from the banquet manager.
• Hit Your Introduction...and off you go!

Thought for the Month"The one thing worse than a quitter is the one who is afraid to
begin."



~unknown

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