{"id":983,"date":"2014-02-08T13:41:37","date_gmt":"2014-02-08T19:41:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/gazette\/2014\/02\/08\/140208-bdsplaylist\/"},"modified":"2022-06-01T21:29:34","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T02:29:34","slug":"140208-bdsplaylist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ericsiegmund.com\/fireant\/2014\/02\/08\/140208-bdsplaylist\/","title":{"rendered":"A [non-traditional] ballroom dance playlist"},"content":{"rendered":"

Once each year, the Ballroom Dance Society departs from its usual practice of having live music and uses a prerecorded playlist for a dance. This is done primarily as a fundraiser, saving the cost of a band, but it also gives us a chance to expose members and guests to music that they might not otherwise associate with ballroom dancing.<\/p>\n

I suspect that many people, when they think of ballroom dancing, conjure up visions of boring people sleepwalking through boring music, but nothing could be further from the truth. To make the point, here’s the playlist that we’ll be using for next Friday’s dance. If you take the time to browse it, you’ll see some traditional music that might conform to a stereotype (that doesn’t mean it’s not fun to dance to), but there’s also a good representation of genres and artists that you might never think to put on the ballroom floor, like, for example, Delbert McClinton, Journey, Willie Nelson, and Santana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Save the Last Dance for Me<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Some Kind of Wonderful<\/td>\nLittle Milton w\/ Delbert McClinton<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Brown Eyed Girl<\/td>\nJimmy Buffett<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Love Done Gone<\/td>\nBilly Currington<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tennessee Waltz<\/td>\nNew 101 Strings Orchestra<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
You Are the Sunshine of My Life<\/td>\nStevie Wonder<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Got The World On A String<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Blue Tango<\/td>\nJack Hansen And His Orchestra<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fine<\/td>\nCindy Morgan<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moon River<\/td>\nAndy Williams<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sway<\/td>\nThe Pussycat Dolls<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fall Apart<\/td>\nThe Mavericks<\/td>\nSamba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I’ve Got You Under My Skin<\/td>\nRod Stewart<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Come Dance With Me<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fallin’<\/td>\nConnie Francis<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Little Rock<\/td>\nHayes Carll<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The Last Waltz<\/td>\nEngelbert Humperdinck<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Oh, Pretty Woman<\/td>\nRoy Orbison<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Kokomo<\/td>\nThe Beach Boys<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Old Time Rock and Roll<\/td>\nBob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Papa Loves Mambo<\/td>\nPerry Como<\/td>\nMambo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Beautiful Day for Goodbye<\/td>\nGeorge Strait<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Big Bad Handsome Man<\/td>\nImelda May<\/td>\nCha Cha\/Tango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Dance In the Moonlight<\/td>\nThe Mavericks<\/td>\nSamba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mustang Sally<\/td>\nWilson Pickett<\/td>\nWest Coast Swing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
La Cumparsita (Tango)<\/td>\nAlfred Hause’s Tango Orchestra<\/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 Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Waltz Across Texas<\/td>\nWillie Nelson<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
To Be Loved<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nNight Club 2 Step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
I Just Want to Dance With You<\/td>\nGeorge Strait<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Smooth<\/td>\nSantana<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
What The World Needs Now Is Love<\/td>\nJackie De Shannon<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fly Me to the Moon<\/td>\nFrank Sinatra<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Jalousie (Tango)<\/td>\nAlfred Hause’s Tango Orchestra<\/td>\nTango<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Moondance<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Girl from Ipanema<\/td>\nBig-T and the Bada-Bings<\/td>\nRumba<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Nelly Bly<\/td>\nRick Shea<\/td>\nWest Coast Swing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
The End of the World<\/td>\nSkeeter Davis<\/td>\nNight Club 2 Step<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Something Stupid<\/td>\nMichael Bubl\u00e9 & Reese Witherspoon<\/td>\nCha Cha<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Could I Have This Dance<\/td>\nAnne Murray<\/td>\nWaltz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Mack the Knife<\/td>\nBobby Darin<\/td>\nFox Trot<\/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
All for You<\/td>\nImelda May<\/td>\nSwing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

All of these songs are available via the iTunes Store if you want to sample any of them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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