Nice formal affair, but after the first case of Moet & Chandon went down, degraded into a great fun party!

Background music while guests arrived and sipped champers:
Simon & Garfunkel - Cecelia (2:42)
Cat Stevens - Wild World (3:16)
The Shirelles - Da Do Ron Ron (2:09)
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (2:32)
Procul Harem & The Big Chill - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (3:56)
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight (3:20)
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law & The Law Won (2:16)
Peggy Lee - Big Spender (2:03)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles & The Big Chill - The Tracks Of My Tears (2:52)
Sonny James - Young Love (2:28)
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4:32)
Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (2:57)
Neil Diamond - Kentucky Woman (2:31)
Eydie Gorme - Blame It On The Bossa Nova (2:25)
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (5:13)
Seekers - Georgy Girl (2:13)
Mamas & The Papas - Go Where You Want To Go (2:22)
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army (2:46)
Paper Lace & Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - Billy Don't Be A Hero (3:43)
The Loving Spoonful - Summer In The City (2:35)
Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding - Sexual Healing, Dock Of The Bay (6:13)
Cat Stevens - Moonshadow (2:44)
The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:26)
Cat Stevens - Another Saturday Night (2:21)
Beach Boys - Sloop John B (2:53)
Bee Gees - Spicks & Specks (2:46)
Beatles - Eight Days A Week (2:46)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (2:15)
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming (2:35)
Van Morrison - Bright Side Of The Road (3:40)
Neil Diamond - Shilo (3:26)
George Baker Selection - Little Green Bag (3:13)
Eric Clapton - Lay Down Sally (3:44)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (4:50)
Helen Reddy - Delta Dawn (3:06)
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (Original) (3:19)
Barry Manilow - Copacobana (Original) (3:09)
Peter Allen - I Go To Rio (3:09)
Lipps Inc - Funkytown (3:52)
Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain (3:02)
Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything (3:19)
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (3:14)
Sam Cooke - Another Saturday Night (2:19)
Roger Miller - King Of The Road (2:18)
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (2:29)
Cat Stevens - Old School Yard (2:41)
Vogues - Five O' Clock World (2:04)
The Rivieras - California Sun (2:19)
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (3:42)
The Fourmyula - Nature (2:49)
Tom Jones - What's New Pussycat (2:02)
Sonny & Cher - I've Got You Babe (3:07)
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (3:17)

Into a bit of fun music for dancing:

Andy Williams & Denise Van Outen - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (3:28)
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (3:00)
Abba - Dancing Queen (3:44)
Boney M - Megamix (3:29)

Break for cake and speeches, followed by a dance for the birthday boy and his wife:

Frank Sinatra - Happy Birthday To You (0:27)
Louis Armstrong & Ella Fitzgerald - Cheek To Cheek (5:50)
Lulu - Shout (2:49)
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (1:57)
Leif Garrett - Runaround Sue (2:16)
Sha Na Na - Rockin' Robin (2:35)
Monkees - Daydream Believer (2:39)
Cat Stevens - Another Saturday Night (2:21)
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (Live) (4:05)
Abba - Mamma Mia (3:28)
The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing (3:05)
Gloria Gaynor & Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - I Will Survive (Remix) (4:05)
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (Remix) (3:37)
Bus Stop - Kung Foo Fighting (3:41)
Rednex/Yakoo Boys - Cottoneye Joe/Pipe Dreams (3:13)
Los Lobos - La Bamba (2:42)
Kenny Rogers - The Gambler (3:30)
Dolly Parton & Kenny Rogers - Islands In The Stream (4:04)
Pogues - Sally Mclenanne (2:39)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (3:59)
Austin Powers - Oh Behave Yeah Baby Yeah (0:06)
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta - Grease Megamix (4:46)
Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr President (0:28)

Finished at 12:30.

Great list, looks like a very pleasant event!

Hey Brian, have you done that Mix Yet?

Its strange in some ways, yet reassuring in others that some tracks are pretty much universal, well at least "international", and others are very much more nationalised.

For example:
The Shirelles - Da Do Ron Ron (2:09)
Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire (2:32)
Procul Harem & The Big Chill - A Whiter Shade Of Pale (3:56)
Bobby Fuller Four - I Fought The Law & The Law Won (2:16)
Smokey Robinson & The Miracles & The Big Chill - The Tracks Of My Tears (2:52)
George Harrison - My Sweet Lord (4:32)
Daniel Boone - Beautiful Sunday (2:57)
Eydie Gorme - Blame It On The Bossa Nova (2:25)
Peter Sarstedt - Where Do You Go To My Lovely (5:13)
Elvis Costello - Oliver's Army (2:46)
Paper Lace & Priscilla Queen Of The Desert - Billy Don't Be A Hero (3:43)
The Loving Spoonful - Summer In The City (2:35)
Marvin Gaye, Otis Redding - Sexual Healing, Dock Of The Bay (6:13)
The Drifters - Save The Last Dance For Me (2:26)
Beach Boys - Sloop John B (2:53)
Beatles - Eight Days A Week (2:46)
Creedence Clearwater Revival - Bad Moon Rising (2:15)
Mamas & Papas - California Dreaming (2:35)
Rod Stewart - Maggie May (4:50)
John Paul Young - Love Is In The Air (Original) (3:19)
Barry Manilow - Copacobana (Original) (3:09)
Lipps Inc - Funkytown (3:52)
Eruption - I Can't Stand The Rain (3:02)
Barry White - You're The First The Last My Everything (3:19)
George McCrae - Rock Your Baby (3:14)
Roger Miller - King Of The Road (2:18)
Manfred Mann - Pretty Flamingo (2:29)
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black (3:42)
Sonny & Cher - I've Got You Babe (3:07)
Bangles - Walk Like An Egyptian (3:17)
Andy Williams & Denise Van Outen - Can't Take My Eyes Off You (3:28)
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl (3:00)
Abba - Dancing Queen (3:44)
Boney M - Megamix (3:29)
Frank Sinatra - Happy Birthday To You (0:27)
Lulu - Shout (2:49)
Tom Jones - It's Not Unusual (1:57)
Monkees - Daydream Believer (2:39)
Neil Diamond - Sweet Caroline (Live) (4:05)
Abba - Mamma Mia (3:28)
The Nolans - I'm In The Mood For Dancing (3:05)
Gloria Gaynor & Priscilla, Queen of the Desert - I Will Survive (Remix) (4:05)
Doobie Brothers - Long Train Runnin' (Remix) (3:37)
Bus Stop - Kung Foo Fighting (3:41)
Rednex/Yakoo Boys - Cottoneye Joe/Pipe Dreams (3:13)
Los Lobos - La Bamba (2:42)
Dexy's Midnight Runners - Come On Eileen (3:59)
Olivia Newton-John & John Travolta - Grease Megamix (4:46)
Marilyn Monroe - Happy Birthday Mr President (0:28)

Are all great family/birthday kinda tracks - whereas some of the others are less well known, or less requested here.

Interesting. The Neil Diamond tracks were 18 songs apart, which relates to over an hour in real time and were during the cocktail/background music segment, but Cat Stevens was a specific request, yes.

A lot of those others were familiar older tracks that get very little airtime these days and are some of my 'quirky' secret weapons. Try digging around your older tracks for songs that were big 20 or 30 years ago and sneak them in durning dinner one time. You'll be surprised at how much feedback you might get.

I tell people that I play some of the most seriously uncool and cheesy music of any of the DJ's around. You know the sort of stuff- music that everyone knows the words to and feels they have to dance to provided none of their friends are watching.....