When I sat down with the Bride and Groom several months ago it was clear from the list of songs they loved that there was going to be a lot from the 1970’s. They were both huge fans of David Essex and a lot of the rock’n’roll of that era – no problem, many of these include some great ‘get up and dance’ songs.
There were very few teenage guests – well, two to be exact, so I played a few songs to keep them happy and they dutifully demonstrated the Saturday Night and Macarena dances to the rest of the reception guests.
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It turned out to be a great evening with lots of musical variety and almost four hours of continuos dancing and just under 80 songs. One of the highlights had to be to friends of the Bride and Groom turning up in full 1980’s fancy dress – I think they were victims of a cruel joke but everyone found it hilarious.
19:36 : David Essex – Hold Me Close
19:40 : Cockney Rebel – Come up and see me make me smile
19:44 : Bad Company – Can’t Get Enough
19:45 : Showaddywaddy – You Got What It Takes
19:48 : The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
19:51 : Showaddywaddy – Under The Moon Of Love
19:51 : Racey – Some Girls
19:57 : Stevie Wonder – Superstition
20:00 : The Rolling Stones – Jumpin’ Jack Flash
20:01 : Frankie Valli & The Four Seas – December ’63 (Oh What A Night)
20:05 : Billy Joel – Uptown Girl
20:08 : The Monkees – I’m A Believer
20:10 : Brian Poole – Do You Love Me?
20:11 : Ray Charles & The Blues Brothers – Shake Your Tailfeather
20:15 : Sam & Dave – Hold On! I’m Comin’
20:18 : Abba – Dancing Queen
20:21 : Tom Jones & Stereophonics – Mama Told Me Not To Come
20:24 : James Brown – Papa’s Got A Brand New Bag
20:28 : Barry White – You See The Trouble With Me
20:32 : Blondie – Heart Of Glass
20:35 : Chic – Good Times
20:39 : Patrice Rushen – Forget Me Nots
20:42 : Alexander O’Neal – Criticise
20:46 : Roxy Music – Love Is The Drug
20:50 : Lenny Kravitz – Are You Gonna Go My Way
20:54 : Gloria Gaynor – I Will Survive
20:56 : Diana Ross – Chain Reaction
21:00 : B52’s – Love Shack
21:05 : The Weather Girls – It’s Raining Men
21:08 : Whigfield – Saturday Night
21:12 : Los del rio – Macarena
21:15 : Steps – 5,6,7,8
21:19 : Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
21:23 : MC Hammer – U Can’t Touch This
21:26 : Mark Morrison – Return Of The Mack
21:30 : David Bowie – Heroes
21:33 : Tom Jones – Delilah
21:37 : Mud – Tiger Feet
21:40 : Sweet – Ballroom Blitz
21:43 : Free – All Right Now
21:45 : The Rolling Stones – Honky Tonk Women
21:50 : Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
21:53 : Showaddywaddy – Three Steps To Heaven
21:56 : Bay City Rollers – Bye Bye Baby (Baby Goodbye)
21:59 : Dexy’s Midnight Runners – Come on Eileen
22:03 : The Proclaimers – The Proclaimers – 500 Miles
22:06 : Tony Christie – (Is This The Way To) Amarillo
22:09 : Villiage People – YMCA
22:14 : The Jacksons – Blame It On The Boogie
22:14 : Queen & David Bowie – Under Pressure
22:21 : Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Dancing In The Street
22:23 : Prince – Kiss
22:27 : Disclosure featuring Sam Smith – Latch Featuring Sam Smith
22:31 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
22:34 : Katy Perry – Firework
22:38 : Rihanna – Only Girl (In The World)
22:41 : Madness – Baggy Trousers
22:44 : The Selecter – On My Radio
22:47 : Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse – Valerie
22:50 : Jam – A town called malice
22:53 : The Clash – Should I Stay or Go Now
22:56 : UB40 Feat. Chrissie Hynde – I Got You Babe
22:59 : Bob Marley & The Wailers – Could You Be Loved
23:03 : Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, My Everything
23:06 : Van Morrison – Brown Eyed Girl
23:09 : Roy Orbison – Oh, Pretty Woman
23:12 : Cee Lo Green – Forget You
23:15 : Chic – Everybody Dance
23:19 : Sister Sledge – We Are Family
23:23 : Abba – Gimme! Gimme! Gimme!
23:27 : Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
23:32 : Huey Lewis & The News – The Power Of Love
23:35 : David Essex – Gonna Make You A Star
23:39 : Jackie Wilson – (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher
23:42 : Chuck Berry – You Never Can Tell
23:44 : Frank Sinatra – New York, New York
23:48 : Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes – (I’ve Had) The Time Of My Life
23:52 : The Beatles – Hey Jude
