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Strange as it may seem both Queens We Are The Champions and We Will Rock You didn't go down as well as Don't Stop Me Now and I usually only played either of those if there was a strong request or two. Don't stop me now was popular with younger folk right up until I stopped 4 years ago, I'm wondering if it was used as part of a film soundtrack in recent years, that often explains an old tunes popularity.
I was thinking and I realised I've done this record playing lark over a time span of 41 years, from 1971 to 2012. There were two gaps, 1974 - 1979 (did do a few colleges in that time though) and 2001 - 2006. All the time during the working periods I was usually booked Saturday nights, New Years Eve & Christmas Eve and usually had a weekday residency somewhere so I'd never given it much thought but I suppose I must have been doing something right all that time.
A friends daughter called me a few weeks back and wanted me to do her wedding reception this year but I had to decline. Still, it was nice to be asked, don't get many ego boosts these days, lol
And here's some examples of other records I didn't have on 7" single that usually had the desired effect, every single one of the records I've listed are now burnt to CD and for the last five years bookings CDs were all I used.
The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You (Friends theme song)
Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now
Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Faithless – Insomnia
Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
Steve Walsh – I Found Loving
Grease Cast – Greased Lightning
Doby Gray – Drift Away
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex machine
Underworld – Born Slippy
De Barge – Rhythm Of The Night
Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The Village People – YMCA
Ottowan – Hands Up
Guns n Roses – Sweet Child O Mine
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge (often used this to finish the evening)
And if anybody wanted Rock and Roll, these two CDs were all I ever carried with me to bookings, was usually able to keep folks happy with a selection from these 55 tracks:
I was thinking and I realised I've done this record playing lark over a time span of 41 years, from 1971 to 2012. There were two gaps, 1974 - 1979 (did do a few colleges in that time though) and 2001 - 2006. All the time during the working periods I was usually booked Saturday nights, New Years Eve & Christmas Eve and usually had a weekday residency somewhere so I'd never given it much thought but I suppose I must have been doing something right all that time.
A friends daughter called me a few weeks back and wanted me to do her wedding reception this year but I had to decline. Still, it was nice to be asked, don't get many ego boosts these days, lol
And here's some examples of other records I didn't have on 7" single that usually had the desired effect, every single one of the records I've listed are now burnt to CD and for the last five years bookings CDs were all I used.
The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You (Friends theme song)
Queen - Don’t Stop Me Now
Dexys Midnight Runners – Come On Eileen
Faithless – Insomnia
Rednex – Cotton Eye Joe
Steve Walsh – I Found Loving
Grease Cast – Greased Lightning
Doby Gray – Drift Away
Cyndi Lauper – Girls Just Want To Have Fun
James Brown – Get Up I Feel Like Being A Sex machine
Underworld – Born Slippy
De Barge – Rhythm Of The Night
Rolling Stones – Brown Sugar
The Village People – YMCA
Ottowan – Hands Up
Guns n Roses – Sweet Child O Mine
Red Hot Chili Peppers – Under The Bridge (often used this to finish the evening)
And if anybody wanted Rock and Roll, these two CDs were all I ever carried with me to bookings, was usually able to keep folks happy with a selection from these 55 tracks:
but Fats Domino's record was released in 1956.
Glad to hear he had a good send off though.
