Though there aren’t that many reasons to sing or dance these days, just to make certain we still remember what they look and sound like, I played a couple of hours of “dance” song and great singers. Now that’s my idea of dancing with the stars!
SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album Title
- DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? / Bette Midler / “The Divine Miss M”
- COME DANCE WITH ME / Frank Sinatra / “Come Dance With Me”
- LET’S FACE THE MUSIC AND DANCE / Donna Byrne / “Let’s Face The Music & Dance”
- FAST DANCE / Fred Astaire & Oscar Peterson / “Mr. Top Hat”
- WALTZ FOR DEBBY / The Real Group / “Live In Stockholm”
- USELESS WALTZ / Dave Frishberg / “Classics”
- DANCING TAMBOURINE / Erroll Garner / “One World Concert”
- MIDNIGHT AT THE STARLIGHT HAUNTED BALLROOM / Josie Falbo / “You Must Believe In Spring”
- CHANGE PARTNERS / Ian Shaw “Echoes of a Song”
- SHALL WE DANCE / Lucy Dixon / “Lulu’s Back In Town”
- SHALL WE DANCE / Loston Harris / “Comes Love”
- I’M IN A DANCING MOOD / The Dave Brubeck Quartet / “Time Outtakes”
- I LOVE THE WAY YOU DANCE / Ronnie Whyte / “Shades of Whyte”
- CHEEK TO CHEEK / Annie Sellick& Joey DeFrancesco / “No Greater Thrill”
- THE BEST THINGS HAPPEN WHEN YOU’RE DANCING / Kurt Elling “This Time It’s Love”
- DREAM DANCING / Mary Stallings / “Dream”
- SIMON SMITH AND HIS DANCING BEAR / Mark Jennett / “Everybody Says Don’t”
- DIG IT / Nellie McKay / “Normal As Blueberry Pie”
- SOMETHING MAKES ME WANT TO DANCE WITH YOU / Nat King Cole / “Let’s Face the Music”
- SO DANCO SAMBA / Simone Kopmajer / “My Wonderland”
- THE NIGHT THE PUGILIST LEARNED HOW TO DANCE / Sting / “The Last Ship”
- JITTERBUG WALTZ / Michel Legrand / “Legrand Jazz”
- I WAS TELLING HER ABOUT YOU / Freddy Cole / “Talk To Me”
- WE MIGHT AS WELL DANCE / Madeleine Peyroux / “Anthem”
- DANCING ON THE CEILING / Frank D’Rone / “Double Exposure”
- THE LAST DANCE/DANCING IN THE DARK / Tierney Sutton / “Dancing In The Dark”
- PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine
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