Help me find some good dancing music

[TinkerFairy]

Let me start by saying I went to my cousins wedding on Saturday and it was beautiful!
But, the music at the reception was for the most part hiphop/rap/club type, which isn't me, but the bridal party and the happy couple enjoyed it so that's what counts.

What I'm trying to do, is get a song list into my DJ for our at home reception, and DF and I were hoping to get some good songs from this wedding, which we didn't.

Now we have some of the "givens", (Rolling Stones, Beatles, Bowie), but we're really trying to keep with a oldies/70's rock/and 80's theme, and we're drawing blanks!

Hit me with your best dancing music so we can keep the party going all night!
Open to good slow dance suggestions as well, I'm finding the wedding song databases are all giving me the same stuff.

We have our:
First dance: Heaven (candlelight mix)
Mother/son: I hope you dance
Father/Daughter: I loved her first

Cake/garter/bouquet undecided.

 

[hiwaygal]

I did a google search for 70's dance music and found this list...

It lists the top songs by month for a specific year (the link goes to 1979, but you can choose other years)

http://www.70disco.com/discchart.htm

And this site lists the top 200 dance songs of the 1980's

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_dance-80s.html


Maybe those lists will give you some ideas!

 

[pixie08]

This is what we gave to our DJ. it has some more 90's and newer stuff but it will give you an idea.

Must Play List


Reception:

Bridal Party/Parents Entry: Burning Love- Elvis Presely

Bride & Groom Entry: Beginning of Elevation- U2

First Dance: Beautiful- Wayne Brady & Jim Brickman

Mother/Son Dance: You’ll be in my heart- Phil Collins

Cake Cutting: How sweet it is- Marvin Gaye

Garter Removal/Toss: Let’s get ready to rumble (micheal buffer)/ get ready 4 this- 2 unlimited

Bouquet Toss: Ain't No Other Man - Christina Aguilera....cindi Lauper's girls just want to have fun was my second runner up



Dinner:
For Sorbet- Be our Guest (beauty & beast)
Tony Bennet-When you wish upon a star
Bella note- lady and the tramp
Anything Frank Sinatra/ Dean Martin
Harry Connick Jr./Tony Bennet etc
Anything jazzy, big band, Sinatra style, instrumental


After Dinner Must Play:

1.Better together – Jack Johnsosn (this is a special song for us)
2. Amazed – Lonestar (this is Dan’s sister and brother in law’s first dance song and today is there 5 year anniversary!)
3. How far is heaven- Los lonely boys
4. I like to Move it- (Radio edit)
5. want to be starting something Micheal Jackson
6.Getting Jiggy with it – Will Smith(a dedication to my college friends )
7. Let Me Clear My Throat - DJ Kool
8. Celebration - Kool and the Gang
9. It Takes Two - Rob Base
9. What a feeling (flash dance) DJ Bobo club remix
10. Where’s the party- Madonna
11.One more time- daft punk
12.A Little Less Conversation (Junkie XL Radio edit Remix- NOT king Junior’s version) -Elvis Presley
13. Don’t stop till you get enough- Michael Jackson
14. Jumpin Jive an wail- Brian Setzer orchestra
15. Hey ya- Outkast
16. Shout



Do Not Play:

Anything Meatloaf
Anything Spice Girls
Electric Slide
YMCA
Chicken Dance
Marcarena
Mack the Knife
We Are Family
All My Life - KC and JoJo .
Tonight I Celebrate My Love For You
Always - Atlantic Star
Always & Forever
Have I Told You Lately - Rod Stewart
Foreigner
Billy Joel
Anything New Kids on the block
Love & Marriage - Frank Sinatra
Anything to disco
I Will Survive
Anything Michael Bolton
December, 1963 (Oh What A Night)
Friends in Low Places
Anything James Brown or James Brown like
Stayin Alive
Vanilla Ice
MC Hammer
Billy Idol
Baby got back