Nice playlist

[JAMdisco]

Got this booking a while ago for a 60th birthday on 14th September and she just sent me an email with a playlist. I don't often encourage these kind of lists but there's some stonking tunes on here:

Her email first said:

Hi Justin

Well it isn't long now before my birthday disco. I have had so much fun putting my play list (attached) together with many happy memories flooding back as I UTubed them. I hope that you like my choice of tunes. If there are any problems or queries about the songs or the event in general please do not hesitate to contact me.

My all time favourite artist was Barry White. He always gets me up dancing. I will say NO to any other requests on the night. The young people who are coming to the party feel it is part of their education to listen and dance to the good old tunes The list already meets with their approval. My daughter and her university friends have even put dances together for some of the music and I look forward to their choreography.

All in all I think that it will be a great event and hope that you will enjoy DJ'ing the event.
Kind regards


And here's the list (still need to buy a few tracks)...

START 7.00PM - WELCOME TUNES

1. Le Freak - Chic – 1978 (3.02)
2. Disco Inferno - Trammps – 1976 (3.44)
3. Get Up...I Feel Like Being A Sex Machine - James Brown – 1970 (5.16)
4. I Feel Love - Donna Summer – 1977 (6.12)
5. Love To Love You Baby - Donna Summer – 1975 (3.28)
6. Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares – 1976 (3.32)
7. Hot Stuff - Donna Summer – 1979 (3.49)
8. I Heard It Through The Grapevine – Marvin Gaye 1967 (3.17)
9. Superstition – Stevie Wonder 1972 (4.29)
10. Feel The Need in Me – Detroit Emeralds 1977 (3.46)
11. That's The Way I Like It - K.C. & the Sunshine Band – 1975 (3.04)
12. The Hustle - Van McCoy – 1975 (4.00)
13. Love is the Drug - Roxy Music 1976 (4.12)
14. She’s Gone – Daryl Hall & John Oates 1976 (5.23)
15. Maggie May – Rod Stewart 1971 (5.14)
16. It’s A Disco Night – Isley Brothers 1979 (5.16)
17. Good Times - Chic – 1979 (7.38)
18. Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now - McFadden & Whitehead – 1979 (3.42)
19. You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) - Sylvester – 1978 (6.30)

(TOTAL 85 mins 56 secs)

BUFFET – 8.30PM

20. Morning Dance – Spyro Gyro 1979 (4.00)
21. I Thought It Was You – Herbie Hancock 1978 (9.00)
22. Wishing On A Star - Rose Royce – 1978 (3.50)
23. Boogie Wonderland – Earth Wind & Fire 1979 (4.58)
24. Love’s Theme – Barry White and Love Unlimited Orchestra 1973 (Instrumental version) (4.17)
25. Baker Street – Gerry Rafferty 1978 (4.16)

(TOTAL 30 mins 35 secs)


MAIN EVENT

26. Ladies Night - Kool & the Gang – 1979 (6.28)
27. We Are Family - Sister Sledge – 1979 (3.31)
28. Celebration - Kool & the Gang – 1980 (4.19)
29. Get Down Tonight - K.C. & the Sunshine Band – 1975 (3.14)
30. September - Earth, Wind & Fire – 1978 (3.36)
31. Move on Up – Curtis Mayfield 1970 (3.35)
32. Native New Yorker – Odyssey 1977 (4.08)
33. Dance to the Music – Sly & The Family Stone 1969 (3.01)
34. Blame It On The Boogie – Jackson Five 1979 (6.04)
35. Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White – 1974 (4.33)
36. Love Train - O'Jays – 1972 (2.59)
37. Ain’t Gonna Bump No More (With No Big Fat Woman) – Joe Tex 1977 (6.28)
38. Boogie Oogie Oogie - A Taste Of Honey – 1978 (10.33)
39. YMCA - Village People – 1978 (4.02)
40. What Am I Gonna Do With You – Barry White 1975 (4.48)
41. You’re The First The Last My Everything – Barry White 1974 (4.35)
42. Lovely Day – Bill Withers 1977 (4.15)
43. Give Me The Night – George Benson 1980 (5.05)
44. Car Wash - Rose Royce – 1976 (5.12)
45. Night Fever - Bee Gees – 1977 (3.33)
46. The Love I Lost - Harold Melvin & Bluenotes – 1973 (6.35)
47. It Only Takes A Minute - Tavares – 1975 (4.01)
48. Rock Your Baby - George McCrae – 1974 (6.19)
49. Rock The Boat - Hues Corporation – 1974 (3.07)
50. Relight My Fire - Dan Hartman – 1979 (9.35)
51. Brick House - Commodores – 1977 (3.26)
52. Respect Yourself – The Staples 1972 (4.59)
53. Nutbush City Limits – Ike & Tina Turner 1973 (2.56)

(TOTAL 135 mins 35 secs)


END OF EVENING

54. When A Man Loves A Woman – Percy Sledge 1972 (2.57)
55. More than a Woman – The Bee Gees 1977 (3.18)
56. Let Me Show You The Way To Go – Michael Jackson 1976 (5.29)
57. Don't Stop Til You Get Enough - Michael Jackson – 1979 (6.05)
58. Who’s That Lady – Isley Brothers 1973 (5.36)
59. Summer Breeze – Isley Brothers 1973 (6.13)
60. Don’t Take Away the Music – Tavares 1976 (6.15)


61. When Will I See You Again – The Three Degrees 1978 (2.48)
62. Never Can Say Goodbye - Gloria Gaynor – 1974 (4.23)

(TOTAL 43 mins 03 secs)

(GRAND TOTAL 295 mins 09 secs) Just short of 5 hours???

END OF A WONDERFUL EVENING OF FUNKY DISCO MUSIC 12.00PM

[Solitaire Events Ltd]

Too many floor fillers early on IMO and that is the very reason that it's a bad idea.

I would ring her back and tell her that people probably won't dance that early and to move some of the tunes around.

Great tunes, my kind of gig musically, but if she is going to list in order, hire a jukebox.

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

Is this a suggestion of songs to play or what you have to play in that order?

Great tunes but if that's his plan (and he's actually getting a hold of the playlist itself) why doesn't he just dry hire a PA and put an iPod through it?

Personally I let the client know that to get the best out of me, I need freedom to do my thing. If they have suggestions and wish me to play X, Y or Z and have specific ideas then that's great but when they start banging together specific playlists I'm out.

[DazzyD]

I agree with Daz. Hot Stuff and Superstition during Meet & Greet time? You might get four or five people up dancing. Play them in the last hour and you'll get a full dancefloor. The evening should be built up to a crescendo, imo. This playlist seems like a race - 3, 2, 1 - they're off! I knew a DJ that played all the floorfillers early on and, to be fair, people did dance to it but they couldn't keep up the pace and ended sitting down for most of the later part of the night! Empty dancefloors later in the evening is not a good sight!

[MusicCity]

you'll need to make sure the tracks you play are the same length as the one's on the list otherwise your going to her timings upjust a quick scan down the first 20 on the list
6:30 for Sylvester
9:00 for Herbie Hancock she's obviously looked at full length/album versions

[Excalibur]

Hmmmm. On re reading the first post, I see that no requests on the night are to be allowed. Fair enough, but as has been said more than once previously, the running order is suspect. As long as I had permission to not only juggle the playlist quite a bit, and add ones of my own in keeping with the theme, I'd be happy enough with it. Hope it goes well and you all enjoy it.

[Jim - Scotland's Party DJ]

Hmmmm. On re reading the first post, I see that no requests on the night are to be allowed. Fair enough, but as has been said more than once previously, the running order is suspect. As long as I had permission to not only juggle the playlist quite a bit, and add ones of my own in keeping with the theme, I'd be happy enough with it. Hope it goes well and you all enjoy it.

This.

Playing Maggie May an hour into the night???

Throwing out the odd floor filler early on can work but that's banging them out one after the other early on whilst it really peters out at the main event section thing she's got going on.

I'd also politely tell her that the timings of these things very rarely run like clockwork so not to be too anal about when things are happening and certain tunes are played.

[Javlingames]

Sounds like an easy night, load up the playlist and sit back.

I would send my missus to do that gig (never dj's in her life) While I went and did another one lol. Double bubble

[Excalibur]

Sounds like an easy night, load up the playlist and sit back.

From the comments so far on here, I'd say it was a recipe for disaster.

I would send my missus to do that gig (never dj's in her life) While I went and did another one lol. Double bubble

And I'm of the opinion that's a jest, cos otherwise it's an even bigger folly.

[soundmaster mobile disco]

Very good selection of tunes there but I hope you are going to explain to the client that its not possible to play them in that order. I would play some of the slower ones that nobody dances to at the start when the guests are arriving, then play the more popular upbeat tunes.At the same time I do hope you get flexibility on that playlist because as a dj you will know which songs go with which to keep the dance floor busy.

I would strongly advise you go back to the client and explain this to them