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please help.
dj saturday night and the client wants music from the 70's and the 80's.
i have music, but it doesn't feel right. can someone please help me compile a playlist?
thanks,
dj shahar
dj saturday night and the client wants music from the 70's and the 80's.
i have music, but it doesn't feel right. can someone please help me compile a playlist?
thanks,
dj shahar
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 5:13 am
bryantpb
It doesn't feel roight because you weren't born in the 50's perhaps. You get 'em started with anything that seems fast, the requests will poor in. I go thru this all the time that way in hundreds of different places.
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 8:32 am
digimixer
What i normally do is visit various websites, like HMV etc, then search for Album compilations. In your case search for 70's and then 80's, then review the tracks listed on the albums you find.
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 10:39 am
KregCZ
Here's a good list to get you started, I know some of these songs are 60's but should still work for you.
Sorry for the all caps, I had to cut and paste the songs into this page.
YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE
OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL - BOB SEGER
ELECTRIC SLIDE - MARCIA GRIFFITHS
(YOU SHOOK ME) ALL NIGHT LONG - AC/DC
LOVE SHACK - B-52'S
BRICK HOUSE - COMMODORES
BROWN EYED GIRL - VAN MORRISON
SHOUT - OTIS DAY
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY
MONY MONY - BILLY IDOL
STROKIN' - CLARENCE CARTER
I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR
CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG
DANCING QUEEN - ABBA
STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES
TWIST AND SHOUT - BEATLES
WILD THING - TONE LOC
WONDERFUL TONIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON
HOT HOT HOT - BUSTER POINDEXTER
RAPPERS DELIGHT - SUGAR HILL GANG
SUPER FREAK - RICK JAMES
GREASE MEGAMIX - O. NEWTON-JOHN & J. TRAVOLTA
FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS
MUSTANG SALLY - WILSON PICKETT
RESPECT - ARETHA FRANKLIN
COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - FOUNDATIONS
AMERICAN PIE - DON MCLEAN
I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL - JOAN JETT
NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES
PUSH IT - SALT N PEPA
SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD
MARGARITAVILLE - JIMMY BUFFETT
TO BE REAL - CHERYL LYNN
BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF
GET DOWN TONIGHT - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
LAST DANCE - DONNA SUMMER
YOU DROPPED THE BOMB ON ME - THE GAP BAND
WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE
DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHAEL JACKSON
I GOT YOU - JAMES BROWN
CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS - BTO
ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE - KISS
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
FUNKY COLD MEDINA - TONE LOC
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU - ROMANTICS
DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) - FOUR SEASONS
FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS INC.
ROCK THIS TOWN - STRAY CATS
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - BARRY WHITE
LET IT WHIP - DAZZ BAND
SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND
KISS - PRINCE
INTO THE GROOVE - MADONNA
TAINTED LOVE - SOFTCELL
ROCK & ROLL PART 2 - GARY GLITTER
START ME UP - ROLLING STONES
HOT STUFF - DONNA SUMMER
I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES
CAN'T TOUCH THIS - MC HAMMER
BLISTER IN THE SUN - VIOLENT FEMS
MICKEY - TONI BASIL
WALK THIS WAY - RUN DMC AND AEROSMITH
LET'S GROOVE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME - DEF LEPPARD
YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING - BARRY WHITE
SEPTEMBER - EARTH WIND & FIRE
BUST A MOVE - YOUNG MC
Copacabana
Brown eyed girl
Paradise by the dashboard lights
Living on a prayer - Bon Jovi
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
I wanna be sedated - the Ramones.
That should be enough for a 5 hour party.
Sorry for the all caps, I had to cut and paste the songs into this page.
YMCA - VILLAGE PEOPLE
OLD TIME ROCK AND ROLL - BOB SEGER
ELECTRIC SLIDE - MARCIA GRIFFITHS
(YOU SHOOK ME) ALL NIGHT LONG - AC/DC
LOVE SHACK - B-52'S
BRICK HOUSE - COMMODORES
BROWN EYED GIRL - VAN MORRISON
SHOUT - OTIS DAY
PLAY THAT FUNKY MUSIC - WILD CHERRY
MONY MONY - BILLY IDOL
STROKIN' - CLARENCE CARTER
I WILL SURVIVE - GLORIA GAYNOR
CELEBRATION - KOOL & THE GANG
DANCING QUEEN - ABBA
STAYIN' ALIVE - BEE GEES
TWIST AND SHOUT - BEATLES
WILD THING - TONE LOC
WONDERFUL TONIGHT - ERIC CLAPTON
HOT HOT HOT - BUSTER POINDEXTER
RAPPERS DELIGHT - SUGAR HILL GANG
SUPER FREAK - RICK JAMES
GREASE MEGAMIX - O. NEWTON-JOHN & J. TRAVOLTA
FOOTLOOSE - KENNY LOGGINS
MUSTANG SALLY - WILSON PICKETT
RESPECT - ARETHA FRANKLIN
COME ON EILEEN - DEXY'S MIDNIGHT RUNNERS
BUILD ME UP BUTTERCUP - FOUNDATIONS
AMERICAN PIE - DON MCLEAN
I LOVE ROCK AND ROLL - JOAN JETT
NIGHT FEVER - BEE GEES
PUSH IT - SALT N PEPA
SWEET HOME ALABAMA - LYNYRD SKYNYRD
MARGARITAVILLE - JIMMY BUFFETT
TO BE REAL - CHERYL LYNN
BORN TO BE WILD - STEPPENWOLF
GET DOWN TONIGHT - KC & THE SUNSHINE BAND
LAST DANCE - DONNA SUMMER
YOU DROPPED THE BOMB ON ME - THE GAP BAND
WE ARE FAMILY - SISTER SLEDGE
DON'T STOP TILL YOU GET ENOUGH - MICHAEL JACKSON
I GOT YOU - JAMES BROWN
CONGA - MIAMI SOUND MACHINE
TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS - BTO
ROCK AND ROLL ALL NITE - KISS
SOME KIND OF WONDERFUL - GRAND FUNK RAILROAD
FUNKY COLD MEDINA - TONE LOC
WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU - ROMANTICS
DECEMBER '63 (OH WHAT A NIGHT) - FOUR SEASONS
FUNKYTOWN - LIPPS INC.
ROCK THIS TOWN - STRAY CATS
CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF YOUR LOVE - BARRY WHITE
LET IT WHIP - DAZZ BAND
SWEET CAROLINE - NEIL DIAMOND
KISS - PRINCE
INTO THE GROOVE - MADONNA
TAINTED LOVE - SOFTCELL
ROCK & ROLL PART 2 - GARY GLITTER
START ME UP - ROLLING STONES
HOT STUFF - DONNA SUMMER
I CAN'T GET NO SATISFACTION - ROLLING STONES
CAN'T TOUCH THIS - MC HAMMER
BLISTER IN THE SUN - VIOLENT FEMS
MICKEY - TONI BASIL
WALK THIS WAY - RUN DMC AND AEROSMITH
LET'S GROOVE - EARTH, WIND & FIRE
POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME - DEF LEPPARD
YOU'RE THE FIRST, THE LAST, MY EVERYTHING - BARRY WHITE
SEPTEMBER - EARTH WIND & FIRE
BUST A MOVE - YOUNG MC
Copacabana
Brown eyed girl
Paradise by the dashboard lights
Living on a prayer - Bon Jovi
Mony Mony - Billy Idol
I wanna be sedated - the Ramones.
That should be enough for a 5 hour party.
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 12:06 pm
andytaylor125
Yeh, best thing to do is listen to your 70s and 80s music collection as much as possible between now and the gig (either just open virtual dj, or use itunes or whatever). Then you'll start to get an idea of what's a party tune, which songs are rock ones, and which are disco ones, etc. That way you'll be able to work from the requests once you've got a few and you should be able to know what's going to go down well.
Here's a start, I'm in the UK by the way. Alot of these were international hits, but there might be a few which were only big in the UK.
Disco;
ABBA- Dancing Queen (100bpm) / Waterloo (145?bpm) /Take A Chance On Me/ Pretty Much anything by ABBA
Nolans- I'm In The Mood For Dancing (104bpm)
Jacksons- Blame It On The Boogie (114bpm) / I Want You Back (98 bpm) / Feel It (120? bpm)
Candi Staton- Young Hearts Run Free (117 bpm)
Barry White- You're My First, My Last, My Everything (130 bpm)
Trammps- Disco Inferno (130 bpm)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland / September
Kool & The Gang- Celebration
KC & The Sunshine Band- That's The Way I Like it / Give It Up (80s tune though)
80s Party Tunes:
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean (116 bpm) (The Way You Make Me Feel, Thriller, Bad, etc, etc)
Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (118 bpm)
Tiffany- I Think We're Alone Now (130bpm)
Madonna- Material Girl (130 bpm)/ Like A Virgin/ Into The Groove / Holiday/ Anything
B52s- Love Shack (135 bpm)
Weather Girls- It's Raining Men (135 bpm)
Wham- Wake Me Up Before You Go Go / Club Tropicana
After Wake Me Up Before you Go Go- I might do some more seventies, maybe greased lightening then YMCA if the party likes it cheesey!
That's a start anyway. Actually I think you could play that whole list in order and it would sound alright, I've thought about tunes I often play and in what order. So often the bpms are similar for mixing, etc. Best to pick and choose though on the night depending on what's going down well.
My Best advice would be don't rush it. It's easy to arrive at the start of the night, get worried that people might not dance, play all your best tunes then wonder why nobody's dancing. When actually they're probably not dancing because it's only the start of the night. You should be able to tell when people are ready to get onto the dancefloor (after they've chatted to their mates, had a few drinks, etc)
At that point I'd stick on ABBA or Blame It on the boogie (if I thought it would go down well) or a few really good ones you're sure people will like. Then hopefully people will start to get on the dancefloor and it'll be easy from then onwards!
Hope that helps.
:)
Here's a start, I'm in the UK by the way. Alot of these were international hits, but there might be a few which were only big in the UK.
Disco;
ABBA- Dancing Queen (100bpm) / Waterloo (145?bpm) /Take A Chance On Me/ Pretty Much anything by ABBA
Nolans- I'm In The Mood For Dancing (104bpm)
Jacksons- Blame It On The Boogie (114bpm) / I Want You Back (98 bpm) / Feel It (120? bpm)
Candi Staton- Young Hearts Run Free (117 bpm)
Barry White- You're My First, My Last, My Everything (130 bpm)
Trammps- Disco Inferno (130 bpm)
Earth, Wind & Fire - Boogie Wonderland / September
Kool & The Gang- Celebration
KC & The Sunshine Band- That's The Way I Like it / Give It Up (80s tune though)
80s Party Tunes:
Michael Jackson- Billie Jean (116 bpm) (The Way You Make Me Feel, Thriller, Bad, etc, etc)
Whitney Houston- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (118 bpm)
Tiffany- I Think We're Alone Now (130bpm)
Madonna- Material Girl (130 bpm)/ Like A Virgin/ Into The Groove / Holiday/ Anything
B52s- Love Shack (135 bpm)
Weather Girls- It's Raining Men (135 bpm)
Wham- Wake Me Up Before You Go Go / Club Tropicana
After Wake Me Up Before you Go Go- I might do some more seventies, maybe greased lightening then YMCA if the party likes it cheesey!
That's a start anyway. Actually I think you could play that whole list in order and it would sound alright, I've thought about tunes I often play and in what order. So often the bpms are similar for mixing, etc. Best to pick and choose though on the night depending on what's going down well.
My Best advice would be don't rush it. It's easy to arrive at the start of the night, get worried that people might not dance, play all your best tunes then wonder why nobody's dancing. When actually they're probably not dancing because it's only the start of the night. You should be able to tell when people are ready to get onto the dancefloor (after they've chatted to their mates, had a few drinks, etc)
At that point I'd stick on ABBA or Blame It on the boogie (if I thought it would go down well) or a few really good ones you're sure people will like. Then hopefully people will start to get on the dancefloor and it'll be easy from then onwards!
Hope that helps.
:)
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 12:39 pm
andytaylor125
My list isn't quite as comprehensive as Kreg's. D'oh!
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 12:42 pm
bogart
No sense adding any other tunes. Just follow the lists already posted and
you can't go wrong.
If people want to hear something special they will make a request.
you can't go wrong.
If people want to hear something special they will make a request.
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 9:48 pm
DJShahar.com
wow, thanks for all the help guys,
you have no idea how greatful i am.
you have no idea how greatful i am.
Posted Thu 09 Aug 07 @ 11:44 pm
KregCZ
That was just the 70-80's part of a list I have that came out around 2000 from a dj mag that poled readers and came up with a list of the top 200 party songs ever.
If you look on the internet for "top 100 songs of" any year, you'll find it.
About 4 years ago I found a site that had the top 100 songs from every year back from 2002 all the way back to 1955. I copied most and made a word doc of each, so if someone calls me about a reunion for 1987 I can show them a top 100 list from that year. It will usually seal the deal for me right on the spot.
Good Luck with your party!
If you look on the internet for "top 100 songs of" any year, you'll find it.
About 4 years ago I found a site that had the top 100 songs from every year back from 2002 all the way back to 1955. I copied most and made a word doc of each, so if someone calls me about a reunion for 1987 I can show them a top 100 list from that year. It will usually seal the deal for me right on the spot.
Good Luck with your party!
Posted Fri 10 Aug 07 @ 10:13 am