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Below are a few party / dance mix's from pre-iPod days when we burned CD's.  They heavily emphasize classic rock-n-roll with the obvious exception of the swing dance music mix at the end. There is some duplication between the various rock-n-roll mixes. My personal favorite party / dance mix is Party Mix #2. Contact Michael Brochstein with any feedback. Enjoy,...


Party Mix #1 - Fast Pace Classic Rock    
    title version info time
1   Johnny B Goode Grateful Dead version 3:41
2   Dancing in the Streets Martha Reeves 2:37
3   Twist and Shout Beatles 2:33
4   Loco Motion Little Eva 2:25
5   Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis 1:50
6   Memphis Tennessee Beatles 2:12
7   Wooly Bully Sam the Sham 2:20
8   Rock and Roll Music Beatles 2:29
9   Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves 2:55
10   Boys  Beatles 2:23
11   The Twist Chubby Checker 2:36
12   Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones 3:41
13   I Saw Her Standing There Beatles 2:52
14   Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 2:25
15   Truckin Grateful Dead  5:02
16   Hippy Hippy Shake Georgia Satellites 1:45
17   Brown Sugar Rolling Stones 3:49
18   The Wanderer Dave Edmunds 3:01
19   Roll Over Beethoven Beatles 2:43
20   Susie Q Credence Clearwater Revival 4:36
21   Back in the USA Chuck Berry 2:24
22   Paralyzed Dave Edmunds 2:53
23   Surfin Safari Beach Boys 2:08
24   Money Beatles 2:47
25   Satisfaction Rolling Stones 3:42
  TOTAL: 72:48
Party Mix #2 - Classic Rock
    title version info time
1   Dancing in the Streets Martha Reeves 2:37
2   Wooly Bully Sam the Sham 2:20
3   Do You Love Me The Contours 2:51
4   Johnny B Goode Grateful Dead version 3:41
5   Loco Motion Little Eva 2:25
6   Twist and Shout Beatles 2:33
7   Susie Q Credence Clearwater Revival 4:36
8   To Know Her is to Love Her Beatles 2:33
9   I Heard it Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 4:59
10 Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves 2:55
11   Rock Around the Clock ShaNaNa 2:10
12   Satisfaction Rolling Stones 3:41
13   Surfin Safari Beach Boys 2:04
14   Boys Beatles 2:22
15   Great Balls of Fire Jerry Lee Lewis 1:50
16   Colour My World Chicago 2:57
17   Jumping Jack Flash Rolling Stones 3:41
18   Money Beatles 2:47
19   Back in the USA Chuck Berry 2:24
20   La Bamba Los Lobos 2:51
21   Jailhouse Rock Elvis Presley 2:25
22   I Get Around Beach Boys 2:08
23   Memphis Tennessee Beatles 2:12
24   Rock and Roll Music Beatles 2:29
25   Donna  Ritchie Valens 2:24
  TOTAL: 70:57
Party Mix #3 
    title version info time
1   I Saw Her Standing There Beatles 2:52
2   Runaround Sue Dion 2:40
3   Brown Sugar Rolling Stones 3:47
4   The Twist Chubby Checker 2:36
5   Boys Beatles 2:22
6   Paralyzed Dave Edmunds 2:53
7   Hippy Hippy Shake Georgia Satellites 1:45
8   Roll Over Beethoven Beatles 2:43
9   A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 4:01
10   Sugar Sugar The Archies 2:43
11   All I Wanna Do Joanne Farrell 3:52
12   Truckin Grateful Dead  5:02
13   Ticket To Ride Beatles 2:56
14   The Wanderer Dave Edmunds 3:01
15   Sweet Little Sixteen Chuck Berry 2:59
16   I Got You James Brown  2:44
17   Kokomo Beach Boys 3:34
18   Sea of Love Phil Phillips 2:20
19   Stand By Me Ben E. King 2:51
20   I Only Have Eyes For You Flamingos 3:20
21   Son of a Preacher Dusty Springfield 2:26
22   The Stroll The Diamonds 2:24
23   When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 2:49
24   What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 2:15
  TOTAL: 71:50
Slow / Fast Rock-n-Roll (50% Slow / 50% Fast)    
    title version info time
1   Colour My World Chicago 2:57
2   Donna  Ritchie Valens 2:24
3   To Know Her is to Love Her Beatles 2:33
4   Sea of Love Phil Phillips 2:20
5   Sittinn on the Dock of the Bay Otis Redding 2:43
6   The Stroll The Diamonds 2:24
7   What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong 2:15
8   Kokomo Beach Boys 3:34
9   When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge 2:49
10   Take My Breath Away Berlin 4:15
11   I Only Have Eyes For You Flamingos 3:20
12   A Whiter Shade of Pale Procol Harum 4:01
13   I Got You James Brown  2:44
14   I heard it Through the Grapevine Marvin Gaye 4:59
15   Son of a Preacher Dusty Springfield 2:26
16   Runaround Sue Dion 2:40
17   Do You Love Me The Contours 2:51
18   Wooly Bully Sam the Sham 2:20
19   Johnny B Goode Grateful Dead version 3:41
20   Nowhere to Run Martha Reeves 2:55
21   Memphis Tennessee Beatles 2:12
22   The Wanderer Dave Edmunds 3:01
23   Susie Q Credence Clearwater Revival 4:36
24   Sugar Sugar The Archies 2:43
 

TOTAL:

72:12
*Swing Plus # 1
    title version info time
1   In the Mood The Glenn Miller Orchestra 3:35
2   A-Tisket A-Tasket Manhattan Transfer 2:57
3   Four-Five-Six George Gee and his MMBO 5:18
4   Flying Home Charlie Barnet 2:52
5   Choo Choo Ch'Boogie Manhattan Transfer 2:51
6   Oye Como Va Santana 4:15
7   Sing You Sinners Manhattan Transfer 2:43
8   Blue Champagne Manhattan Transfer 2:20
9   Come On In George Gee and his MMBO 5:37
10   Wacky Dust Manhattan Transfer 3:07
11   Everything is Jumpin Artie Shaw 5:07
12   Tuxedo Junction Manhattan Transfer 3:01
13 Capim Manhattan Transfer 5:03
14   Boy From New York City Manhattan Transfer 3:37
15   Diga Diga Doo Artie Shaw 2:41
16   Topsy Benny Goodman 2:57
17   Let the Good Times Roll George Gee and his MMBO 2:30
18   It's Good Enough to Keep Manhattan Transfer 3:11
19   Doodlin Sarah Vaughn 4:31
20   Jivin with Jarvis Lionel Hampton 2:37
  TOTAL: 71:01
  *Special thanks to Michael Sykora for sharing some of his swing dance musical insights with me. If you don't like the mix then blame me for the decisions I made and not Michael S. for the  input he gave me.
 

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