R&R 50's-60's = ballroom music?
BillOC5097
We were recently at an "Oldies" dinner/dance featuring music of the 50's &
60's.
Most of the attendees didn't dance, and we had a beautiful floor to
ourselves. We managed to do a quickstep to one fast rock-and-roll number, and
some swing to others.
The DJ had a huge collection, and could find anything by title (but not type)
of music.
Can anyone suggest titles (and artists) from the 50's-60's pop-tune list that
we can request for a tango, waltz (other than the Tennesse Waltz which he
played -- deadly slow). cha-cha, rumba, etc??
We're attending a similar fund-raising dance on Apr. 25.
Thanks for you're help.
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emca...@cstone.net
In article <199804191520...@ladder03.news.aol.com>,
billo...@aol.com (BillOC5097) wrote:
> We were recently at an "Oldies" dinner/dance featuring music of the 50's &
> 60's.
> Most of the attendees didn't dance, and we had a beautiful floor to
> ourselves. We managed to do a quickstep to one fast rock-and-roll number, and
> some swing to others.
> The DJ had a huge collection, and could find anything by title (but
not type)
> of music.
> Can anyone suggest titles (and artists) from the 50's-60's pop-tune
list that
> we can request for a tango, waltz (other than the Tennesse Waltz which he
> played -- deadly slow). cha-cha, rumba, etc??
> We're attending a similar fund-raising dance on Apr. 25.
> Thanks for you're help.
>
A few that I remember. Try Hernando's Hideaway for a Tango. Tequila and
Papa Loves Mambo for a mambo. For a waltz, try Moon River, Somewhere My
Love, Let Me Go Lover, Allegheny Moon and Tammy. For cha cha try Cherry
Pink and Apple Blossom White and Patricia (I think there was a version of
Tea For Two done then also). There might also have been a version of
Besame Mucho (Tango) done then.
henry joel neeman
>>We were recently at an "Oldies" dinner/dance featuring music of
>>the 50's & 60's. Most of the attendees didn't dance, and we had a
>>beautiful floor to ourselves. We managed to do a quickstep to one
>>fast rock-and-roll number, and some swing to others.
>>The DJ had a huge collection, and could find anything by title (but
>>not type) of music.
>>Can anyone suggest titles (and artists) from the 50's-60's pop-tune
>>list that we can request for a tango, waltz ... cha-cha, rumba, etc??
>>...
EMCa...@cstone.net replies:
>A few that I remember. Try Hernando's Hideaway for a Tango. Tequila
>and Papa Loves Mambo for a mambo. For a waltz, try Moon River,
>Somewhere My Love, Let Me Go Lover, Allegheny Moon and Tammy. For
>cha cha try Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White and Patricia (I think
>there was a version of Tea For Two done then also). There might also
>have been a version of Besame Mucho (Tango) done then.
Off the top of my head:
Cha Cha
Oye Como Va [Santana]
Love Is Strange [Mickey & Sylvia]
Foxtrot
Michelle [The Beatles]
Beyond the Sea [Bobby Darin]
More [Bobby Darin]
I'm Beginning to See the Light [Bobby Darin]
Nightclub Two-step
Always on My Mind [Elvis Presley]
Rumba
Adios [Little Jimmy Scott & the Expressions]
Save the Last Dance For Me [The Drifters]
Some Kind of Wonderful [The Drifters]
The Big Hurt [Miss Toni Fisher]
Venus [Frankie Avalon]
Waltz
If You Don't Know Me By Now [Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes]
Henry Neeman
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
hne...@ncsa.uiuc.edu
TSteele2
Rumba: @30 This magic moment (Rick James)
@28 A Man Without Love (Engelbert Humperdinck)
@30 Sway (Dean Martin)
Jive/Swing: @42 I wanna Be Your Girl (Manhattan Transfer)
@42 Johnny B. Goode (Check Berry)
@42 Reelin' and Rockin' (Chuck Berry)
@42 Great Balls Of Fire (Jerry Lee Lewis)
@45 Rock Around The Clock (Bill Haley + theComets)
Samba: Quando Quando Quando (Engelbert Humperdinck)
Waltz: @35 Les Bicyclettes De Belsize (E. Humperdunck <fast>
@30 There Goes My Everything (E. Humperdinck)
@30 Run For The Roses (Dan Fogelberg)
Some of these may be later thanthe 60's but giev em a try.
George Lindholm
Cha Cha: Sam Cooke - "Everybody Loves To Cha Cha Cha"@32.3
Cha Cha: Nat King Cole - "Cachito"@31
Cha Cha: Nat King Cole - "Fantastico"@30
Jive: Lonnie Donegan - "Pick A Bale Of Cotton"@46
Jive: Jackie Wilson - "Reet Petite"@42.4
Jive: Manhattan Transfer - "Choo Choo Ch'boogie"@42.5
Swing/Jive: Billy Joel - "All Shook Up"@38
Samba: Paul Anka - "Eso Beso"@56.7
Rumba: Eydie Gorme - "Amor"@26
Rumba: Eydie Gorme - "Sabor A Mi"@24.5
Rumba: Doris Day - "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps"@26
Waltz: Nat King Cole - "Fascination"@30.6
Slow Foxtrot: Vic Damone - "Change Partners"@30
Slow Foxtrot: Nat King Cole - "Warm And Willing"@26.5
Slow Foxtrot: Nat King Cole - "Walkin' My Baby Back Home"@27.8
Slow Foxtrot: Billy Eckstine - "On Green Dolphin Street"@30
Slow Foxtrot: Billy Eckstine - "Lullaby Of the Leaves"@28.3
Slow Foxtrot: Billy Eckstine - "I Love You"@28.6
Slow Foxtrot: Frank Sinatra - (almost anything)
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Victor Eijkhout
emca...@cstone.net writes:
> For cha cha try Cherry
> Pink and Apple Blossom White and Patricia
Both recorded (late 50s?) by Perez Prado.
If your DJ has the original 1963 recording of Watermellon Man
(sorry, forgot the artist name), that's also a fabulous chacha.
Beware of imitations: there have been zillions of remakes of
this song.
--
Victor Eijkhout
emca...@cstone.net
In article <omg1j7t...@prancer.cs.utk.edu>, Victor Eijkhout
<eijk...@prancer.cs.utk.edu> wrote:
> emca...@cstone.net writes:
> > For cha cha try Cherry
> > Pink and Apple Blossom White and Patricia
> Both recorded (late 50s?) by Perez Prado.
Actually, Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White hit the
charts in 1955.
tke...@rochelle.net
In article <omg1j7t...@prancer.cs.utk.edu>,
Victor Eijkhout <eijk...@prancer.cs.utk.edu> wrote:
>
> emca...@cstone.net writes:
>
> > For cha cha try Cherry
> > Pink and Apple Blossom White and Patricia
>
> Both recorded (late 50s?) by Perez Prado.
>
> (sorry, forgot the artist name), that's also a fabulous chacha.
> Beware of imitations: there have been zillions of remakes of
> this song.
>
> Victor Eijkhout
>
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Victor Eijkhout <eijk...@prancer.cs.utk.edu> writes:
>
> If your DJ has the original 1963 recording of Watermellon Man
> (sorry, forgot the artist name), that's also a fabulous chacha.
> Beware of imitations: there have been zillions of remakes of
> this song.
>
> Victor Eijkhout
I belive Herbie Hancock was the artist.
JOHN KLINGENSMITH
TANGOS; Try Hernando's Hideawy, or do your tango, (Especially Arg) to
Under The Boardwalk or up on the roof.
You'd be surprised what music you can do a tango step to. have
fun!!!!!!!
John