{"id":777,"date":"2012-04-22T14:37:24","date_gmt":"2012-04-22T19:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2012\/04\/22\/ballroom_dance_playlist\/"},"modified":"2022-04-06T16:21:37","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T21:21:37","slug":"ballroom_dance_playlist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2012\/04\/22\/ballroom_dance_playlist\/","title":{"rendered":"Ballroom Dance Playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last night’s Ballroom Dance Society dance was the annual event where we use prerecorded music. It’s sort of a fundraiser, since we save the cost of a live band, but it’s also a chance to try out some new music (and to dance to an entire evening’s worth of tunes that are never off-rhythm or out-of-tune!).<\/p>\n

I had the responsibility of assembling the playlist, which is simultaneously fun and terrifying. Picking music that I think others will enjoy dancing to – and trying to make sure they feel like their money was well spent – is a little intimidating. But we’ve also been dancing long enough now that I think I have a pretty good feel for what will go over and what won’t. Last night’s lineup was well-received, and more people than usual stayed until after the last song. That’s saying something when it involves almost three hours of music with less than ten minutes of break time, total, although I think prerecorded music gives you a chance to sit out a tune here and there if you know that one is coming up that you’ll enjoy more. And everyone did, because we provided the playlist for each table.<\/p>\n

A prerecorded playlist also allows you to plan the progression of dances, mixing up the tempos and musical styles so that it doesn’t get boring, and there are some chances to “rest on the floor” with a slower-paced song.<\/p>\n

Anyway, if you’re planning your own dance – and why wouldn’t you? – below is what we cut a rug to last night. All of these songs are available via iTunes. The dance step shown for each tune is a suggestion, not a requirement. Some of these songs lend themselves to multiple steps.<\/p>\n

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Song Title<\/b><\/td>\nArtist<\/b><\/td>\nDance Step<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Just Want To Dance With You<\/td>\nGeorge Strait<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Pennsylvania 6-5000<\/td>\nGlenn Miller<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown Eyed Girl<\/td>\nVan Morrison<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
My Dream Is You<\/td>\nSuzy Bogguss<\/td>\nSlow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Waltz<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some Kind of Wonderful<\/td>\nLittle Milton\/Delbert McClinton<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Are The Sunshine Of My Life<\/td>\nStevie Wonder<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Got You Under My Skin<\/td>\nRod Stewart<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
It’s Now Or Never<\/td>\nElvis Presley<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Tango<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fine<\/td>\nCindy Morgan<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moon River<\/td>\nHenry Mancini<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sway<\/td>\nPussycat Dolls<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Boy From New York City<\/td>\nManhattan Transfer<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Got The World On A String<\/td>\nMichael Buble<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Time Rock And Roll<\/td>\nBob Seger<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waltz Across Texas<\/td>\nWillie Nelson<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fly Me To The Moon<\/td>\nFrank Sinatra<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Bad Handsome Man<\/td>\nImelda May<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
In The Mood<\/td>\nGlenn Miller<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kokomo<\/td>\nThe Beach Boys<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mambo Italiano<\/td>\nRay Gelato<\/td>\nMambo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beautiful Day For Goodbye<\/td>\nGeorge Straight<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oye Como Va<\/td>\nUnknown<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mustang Sally<\/td>\nRascals<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Route 66<\/td>\nNatalie Cole<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Cumparsita<\/td>\nAlfred Hause Orch<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Neon Moon<\/td>\nBrooks & Dunn<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Best Is Yet To Come<\/td>\nMichael Buble<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Waltz<\/td>\nEnglebert Humperdinck<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Watermelon Man<\/td>\nJulie London<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oh, Pretty Woman<\/td>\nRoy Orbison<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Don’t Stop<\/td>\nGin Wigmore<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smooth<\/td>\nSantana<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
If You Don’t Know Me By Now<\/td>\nTeddy Pendergrass<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jalousie<\/td>\nAlfred Hause Orch<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moondance<\/td>\nMichael Buble<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wild, Wild West<\/td>\nEscape Club<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl From Ipanema<\/td>\nBig T and the Badda-Bings<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
South Side Stomp<\/td>\nJenai<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Forget You<\/td>\nCee Lo Green<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Could I Have This Dance?<\/td>\nAnne Murray<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stuck On You<\/td>\nLionel Richie\/Darius Rucker<\/td>\nSlow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mack The Knife<\/td>\nBobby Darin<\/td>\nFoxtrot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Spanish Eyes<\/td>\nAl Martino<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Open Arms<\/td>\nJourney<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Save The Last Dance For Me<\/td>\nMichael Buble<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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