Following an earlier thread that asked for suggestions for Waltz tempo tunes I have started a list of relatively modern songs that may be useful if Djs encounter a situation where they are asked at a gig for a particular type of dance tune to be played.

Cha Cha Cha:

Lady Marmalade
Love is all Around
Smooth
It's So Easy (31 BPM)
Hardrock Cafe (31 BPM)
Last Christmas (27 BPM)
Finally (30 BPM)
On The Beach (32 BPM)
Quantanamera (30 BPM)
Stand By Me (31 BPM)
Venus (31 BPM)
When Will I See You Again (31 BPM)
YMCA (32 BPM)
Jennifer Eccles (31 BPM)
Dance the Night Away
That Don't Impress Me Much
Holiday
Material Girl
Like A Virgin
Get Into The Groove



Foxtrot:

As Time Goes By (26 BPM)
I Got Rytham (29 BPM)
I Want To Be Loved By You (29 BPM)
Layla (28BPM)
Night and Day (28 BPM)
Theme from Pink Panther (29 BPM)
Unforgettable (28 BPM)
Love and Marriage (29 BPM)
The More I See You (29 BPM)
Raindrops Keep Falling on my Head (29 BPM)
Let There Be Love (29 BPM)
Nobody Does It Better
My Heart Will Go On


Quickstep:

Lets Face The Music And Dance
The Lady Is A Tramp
Bye Bye Love (50 BPM)
Caberet (50 BPM)
Country Roads (50 BPM)
I've Got Rhythm (49 BPM)
Jeepers Creepers (50 BPM)
Kingston Town (51 BPM)
Live and Let Die (50 BPM)
Nine To Five (50 BPM)
Riders in the Sky (52 BPM)


Slow (Standard) Waltz:

Mr Bojangles
He'll Have To Go
Welcome To My World
Can't Help Falling In Love
My Way (28 BPM)
Candle In The Wind (29 BPM)
Cavatina (29 BPM)
Take It To The Limit (29 BPM)
Unchained Melody (29 BPM)
You Light Up My Life (29 BPM)
That's Amore
I Love You Because
Three Times A Lady
If You Don't Know Me By Know


Jive:

You Can't Hurry Love
Great Balls Of Fire
Hanky Panky
Footloose (45 BPM)
Hawaii Five O Theme (44 BPM)
Hello Mary Lou (44 BPM)
I'll Be There For You (47 BPM)
Most "fastish" Rock and Roll songs
Teddy Bear
Don't Be Cruel
Wake Up Little Suzie



Slow Jive:

Baby Love (36 BPM)
The Boy From NY City (37 BPM)
Heartache Tonight (36 BPM)
Knock On Wood (36 BPM)
Perfect (29 BPM)
Lion Sleeps Tonight (36 BPM)


Tango:

Toxic
It's Now or Never
Everything I Do, I Do It For You


Rumba:

Leave Right Now
Walk On By
Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow


Samba:

Quando Quando Quando
Under The Sea
Livin' La Vida Loca


That's the list started, hopefully there will be many additions to this in time.

Eddie.

Wow thanks for the list!

Very helpful:)

You should of been with me last week Ed. I did a 50th golden wedding anniversary. I see you specialise in this kind of function...

thanks, a very helpfull post

i got a couple of cd,s after reading promobile to make sure i had this area covered,the 2nd one had newer songs on was ultimate ballroom dance craze,it contains a lot of the songs mentioned they are all instrumental versions which i think for the type of dancing we are talking about might be better than the original versions and with the added bonus of younger people knowing the tunes.what do you lot think.instumental or original
jamie