Songs for the end of the night?

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Haydn
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#16 Post by Haydn » Tue Feb 20, 2007 8:58 pm

dancin_hanson wrote:
There are sound samples at allmusic, HERE.
I was about to say the same thing.

Other ideas -

Comin' home baby by Mel Torme
Let Me Go Home, Whiskey by Amos Milburn
Leaving on a Jet Plane by Peter Paul & Mary

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#17 Post by trev » Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:48 pm

"Last Call for Alcohol" Hot Lips Page or Julia Lee

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#18 Post by djstarr » Tue Feb 20, 2007 10:05 pm

Indigo Swing - So Long!

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#19 Post by TomHopper » Wed Feb 21, 2007 8:58 pm

What about "Come On Over To My House"?

It's on the following CDs: "Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - Disc 1 : 1944 - 1947", or "Jay McShann: Jumpin' The Blues (Disc 1)". They are the same recording, and I don't think there is a significant difference in the quality of remastering.

By the way, I have never DJ'd... So I have no idea how dancers react to it.

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#20 Post by trev » Wed Feb 21, 2007 10:15 pm

TomHopper wrote:What about "Come On Over To My House"?

It's on the following CDs: "Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends - Disc 1 : 1944 - 1947", or "Jay McShann: Jumpin' The Blues (Disc 1)". They are the same recording, and I don't think there is a significant difference in the quality of remastering.

By the way, I have never DJ'd... So I have no idea how dancers react to it.
I play the version off the "Jumpin' The Blues" disc, and it usually goes down quite well.

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#21 Post by fredo » Thu Feb 22, 2007 1:19 am

Wont You Come Over to My House? <The Real Kansas City of the 20's, 30's, and 40's>

I like Julia Lee w/ George E. Lee's Novelty Singing Orchestra.

It's more of a an old blues tune, but I like the way she sings it in this track.

I don't think I've ever played it as a last song though.

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#22 Post by Lars » Thu Feb 22, 2007 2:57 pm

I sometimes close with "You Can Leave Your Hat On" Joe Cocker's version. I preface it with the comment "I'll leave you with a love song".
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#23 Post by Campus Five » Thu Feb 22, 2007 3:49 pm

I think I just threw up in my mouth a little bit.
"I don''t dig that two beat jive the New Orleans cats play.
My boys and I have four heavy beats to the bar and no cheating!
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#24 Post by djstarr » Tue Mar 06, 2007 3:43 pm

One for my baby, one for the road. I played the Billie Holiday version last night, it is SO good.

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#25 Post by northbayclay » Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:07 pm

I know this is resurrecting a dying thread, but I have a couple:

Goodbye Baby- Great Googa Mooga (it actually swings decently)

Happy Trails- Van Halen (this is a bad a cappella version that will make everyone want to leave)

Closing Time- Semisonic Not a dancing song

Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye-Steam- not swing but classic

See ya Later Alligator- Bill Haley
"If you can't hear it.... you'll never understand it." -Satchmo

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#26 Post by PitchTheWoo » Wed May 23, 2007 4:50 pm

Often I like to end with "Sure Had a Wonderful Time Last Night" by Louis Jordan
Here's the beat to hep ya...

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#27 Post by Sumjugei » Fri Jul 13, 2007 12:57 am

it's a pity to say goodnight - Ella
sleep tight - Big Bad Voodoo Daddy

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#28 Post by jflanger » Sun Sep 09, 2007 2:29 pm

Lately I've been closing with the 1:50 rendition of One O'Clock Jump that ends the Blues Alley album. It's nice because it's a hats-off to the nonexistent band, and I can follow it up with any style of dance I want for cleanup time.

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#29 Post by russell » Sun Sep 09, 2007 10:38 pm

It was for a Sixties themed night with a mixture of dance styles

"I Gotta Get Out of This Place" - The Animals

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#30 Post by dancin_hanson » Mon Sep 10, 2007 6:41 pm

Can't say I've ever played it, but may try it:

"Hit the Road to Dreamland" by Kim Scanlon

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