Black Tie Event - Guests Requests

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Hi all,

Just finished a meeting with a customer for a function next friday (08/10/10). It's a Black Tie Event for a 50th Birthday with a 60s, 70s, 80s theme with a few 90s and current tunes thrown in. I thought I would post up the list of requests that the lady gave me. She also said that the age range of the guests will be late 30's to early 60's.
It's a 7.30pm - 01.00am event.

Early part of the evening (first hour).

Swing / Ratpack stuff

Guests Requests

Kenny Thomas - Keep the fire burning
Dina Carroll - Aint no man
Alison Limerick - Where love lives
Brand New Heavies - Never stop
George Benson - Turn your love around
Goldie Alexander - Show you my love
Maxwell - Ascension
Roachford - Cuddly Toy
Pasadenas - Tribute
The Communards - Don't leave me this way
Madness - Anything
The Human League - Don't you want me
Depeche Mode - Just can't get enough
OMD - Enola Gay
ABC - The look of love
Haircut 100 - Love plus one
Blancmange - Living on the ceiling
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Steve Miller Band - The Joker
Aha - Take on me
Peter Gabriel - Sledgehammer
INXS - I need you tonight
Adam & The Ants - Goody two shoes
Beastie Boys - Fight for your right
Run DMC - Walk this way
Katrina & The Waves - Walking on sunshine
Chaka Khan - Aint nobody
Gloria Gaynor - I Will survive
Jocelyn Brown - Somebody elses guy
Weather Girls - It's raining men
Fairground Attraction - Perfect
Abba - Anything
Black Box - Ride on time
Robbie Williams - Rock DJ
Shania Twain - Man, I feel like a woman
Tavares - Disco Inferno
Bee Gees - You Should be dancing
B52's - Loveshack
Soft Cell - Tainted love
The Wonderstuff - Size of a cow
James - Sit down
Pulp - Disco 2000
The Cure - The Lovecats
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Kings of Leon - Sex on fire
Billy Idol - White Wedding
Billy Joel - Uptown Girl
Bryan Adams - Summer of 69
The Fratellis - Chelsea Dagger
Dexys Midnight Runners - Come on Eileen
Frankie Goes to Hollywood - Relax
The Mavericks - Dance the night away
Ricky Martin - La Vida Loca
Eiffel 65 - Blue
Vanilla Ice - Ice Ice Baby
Queen - Anything
Cher - Believe
Whitney Houston - I wanna dance with somebody
Diana Ross - Chain reaction
Rick Astley - Never gonna give you up
Kylie Minogue - Can't get you outta my head / Better the devil you know
Beyonce - Crazy in love / Single ladies
Lady Gaga - Poker face
Scissor Sisters - I don't feel like dancing
Black eyed peas - Anything
Erasure - Sometimes
Ultra Nate - Free
Level 42 - Running in the family
Steve Winwood - Higher Love
Pussycat Dolls - Jai ho
Candido - Jingo
Guns N Roses - Welcome to the jungle
Bon Jovi - Living on a prayer
Free - All right now
Dolly Parton - 9-5
Snap! - Rhythm is a dancer
Madonna - Holiday
Wham! - Club Tropicana
Village People - YMCA
Bob Sinclar - Rock this party
Take That - Relight my fire
Ronan Keating - Life is a rollercoaster
Evelyn Champagne King - Shame
Fatback Band - I found loving
Earth Wind & Fire - Let's groove tonight
Kool & The Gang - Get down on it
Madcon - Begging you
George McCrae - Rock the boat
Sister Sledge - He's the greatest dancer
Chic - Good times

...and any Motown/Soul/Northern Soul/Ska

This is right up my street and a function that I am really looking forward to.
I reckon if I play all of those and add some others in, it should be a cracker of a night!!

[rob1963]

Great list there Gary with loads of classics.

I notice the main part of the evening is 4.5 hours, although they've given you almost 5.5 hours worth of requests, so it might be worth letting them know that you'll only have time to play about 75% of the stuff they've asked for.

[Shakermaker Promotions]

The lady said to me not to worry about playing everything. There are a lot of names on the list that have 4 or 5 requests each so as long as they get a couple of their tunes played it should be ok.

[rob1963]

The lady said to me not to worry about playing everything.

Fair enough then.

Looks like you'll have a great night.

[Ecstatic Events]

Nice List G, I'd be happy with that

[ian8limelight]

Excellent list, I'm jealous!

[Charlie Brown]

The first 9 + Haircut, I didn't know.

Otherwise, cracking list.

I'm listening to the others now.

[dj keevers]

its rare to see a list from a client that has so much classic tunes from the late 20th century. A pleasing night it will be

[Shakermaker Promotions]

Well, this was last night and if I told you that I was still sitting there this morning buzzing from it at 6.15am then that should tell you it was a classic.

Great night, very nice people and a packed dancefloor all night.

The only bummer was that after the last song, a lady came over and asked if I could play one more. The lights were up and I had just said good night etc. I made the announcement that the song was the last one and I finished 2 minutes after 01.00am which wasn't great. When I told her I couldn't she got all funny with me which was disappointing. Other than that....one of the best nights I have done this year.