I'm the dj at a 80's/ 90's Diva show. I'm doing the music before the performer comes on and does her set, then in the interval, for 30 mins and then again once she's finished. She's singing mainly Madonna, Kylie, Aretha Franklin, Shania Twain, Cher and strangely enough Abba. Not sure how Abba fit in to the 80's and 90's, but there you go.

I'd be very grateful for any suggestions of music that I could play. I'm not allowed to play any of the above artists. The first hour and a half will be while they are having a drink plus a meal, then I need to crank it up a bit for 30 mins before the act appears, then off and on throughtout the evening.

I was thinking of some Take That and Spice Girls too. What are the most popular tracks by these artists? I'm not expecting people to dance early on so I need some classics but not dance tracks.

The organisers of the event seem to want some more 90's dance tracks like CC Penistone's "Finally", Free etc. How well do they do down?

Have a look at the listings from some of the Now CDs, they should give you an idea of what was popular.
I think there is a thread somewhere that members were compiling the greatest ever playlist. Try searching for 'playlist' see what it throws up.
Remember there are no guaranteed floor fillers, what works well with one age group won't work for another, same thing with different parts of the country.

Is this your first gig?

Jim

This is a playlist from an 80's fancy dress party I done in September and the guests were dancing almost from the moment they arrived. Some of it may help

Golden Brown Stranglers
Black Man Ray China Crisis
I Don't Like Mondays Boomtown Rats
Everybody Wants To Rule The World Tears For Fears
Always On My Mind Pet Shop Boys
Teardrops Womack & Womack
Love Cats The Cure
Frankie Sister Sledge
Hey You Rocksteady Crew Rocksteady Crew
Men Without Hats (Original Mix) Safety Dance
Fascination Human League
New Song Howard Jones
They Don't Know Tracey Ullman
Wouldn't It Be Good Nik Kershaw
Break My Stride Matthew Wilder
Its A Miracle Culture Club
Wishful Thinking China Crisis
Together In Electric Dreams Giorgio Moroder
Feels Like Heaven Fiction Factory
I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me Nik Kershaw
Love Resurrection Alison Moyet
Doctor Doctor! The Thompson Twins
Lucky Star Madonna
Tesla Girls Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark
Johnny Come Home Fine Young Cannibals
Fame Irene Cara
The Grease Megamix John Travolta & Olivia Newton
Night Fever Bee Gees
Ghostbusters Ray Parker Jr
Modern Love David Bowie
Thinking Of You Sister Sledge
That's All Genesis
Into The Groove Madonna
Will Go With You (Con Te Partiro) (Groovy G Mix Edit) Donna Summer
Kiss (Club Remix 2) Prince
Little Red Corvette Prince
Dancing Queen ABBA
Thriller Michael Jackson
Mickey Toni Basil
Baggy Trousers Madness
I Wanna Dance With Somebody (W Whitney Houston
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go Wham!
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
Holiday Madonna
Beat It Michael Jackson
Prince Charming Adam & The Ants
Body Rock Maria Vidal
Tarzan Boy Baltimora
Come On Eileen Dexy's Midnight Runners
I'm Gonna Be (500 miles ) The Proclaimers
Y.M.C.A. The Village People
Cotton Eye Joe Rednex
It's Raining Men The Weather Girls
Brown Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Karma Chameleon Culture Club
Red Red Wine UB40
Brown Sugar Rolling Stones
Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) Soul II Soul
All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie
Breakfast In America Supertramp
Gold Spandau Ballet
Addicted To Love Robert Palmer
Let's Dance David Bowie
We Are Family Sister Sledge
It Must Be Love Madness
Let's Groove Earth Wind & Fire
Never Gonna Give You Up Rick Astley
I Think Were Alone Now Tiffany
Tainted Love Soft Cell
Edge Of Heaven Wham!
The Reflex Duran Duran
Take On Me Aha
Give It Up KC And The Sunshine Band
The Power Of Love Huey Lewis & The News
Ride On Time Black Box

I support a Robbie Williams tribute, At the beginning i tend to keep it average volume with general tracks and no party stuff - then have a song with a wkd beat for the track to lead into the ACT.

During the acts break i start with the party songs (enought time for 3-4) dependent on the acts break time.

The after the act finishes and does his encore - there aint much time left anyways - so i tend to play any other party tracks i havvent already played


I wouldnt worry to much about not being able to play songs by certain artists - theres millions of tracks you can fill with - Id sugest a "brain freeze" list beforehand and just remember most tracks or 3-4 minutes long - unless you play the 12"

76 Tracks, thats a long night.

Jim

It started at 7.00pm and finished at midnight. Total track play time is 4.80 hours, .2 of an hours was probably the awards presentation for best fancy dress. Time flew by though and could of played for a bit longer if the venue manager hadn't of been such a spoil sport.

As it's Divas, whack in a bit of Whitney - she's just released a new greatest hits which is at number 5 so must be popular...

Equally, Tiffany and Belinda Carlisle will go well..