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Chris Housley: Go Sequence Dancing: Organ: Savoy Music (SAV 324CD): Added 27/08/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

How high the moon / I’ll give you three guesses

2:14

-

47

6

X

2

Quickstep

Put on those dancing shoes / Sweet Sue, Just you

2:12

-

47

6

P

3

M. Waltz

Shadow waltz / Edelweiss

2:52

-

30

5

X

4

M. Waltz

My September love / Why did you make me care

3:25

-

30

6

P

5

Mambo

Mambo Italiano / Pick a bale of cotton

2:22

-

37

5

X

6

Mambo

I love you and don’t you forget it / Master of the house

2:45

-

37

6

X

7

Rumba

Wind beneath my wings / No matter what

4:25

-

27

7

XX

8

Rumba

Close your eyes / Aqua marina

4:23

-

27

7

X

9

Rumba

Stranger in paradise

3:10

-

27

5

X

10

Foxtrot

People / Theme for young lovers

3:00

-

29

5

X

11

Foxtrot

Somewhere in time / Embraceable you

2:58

-

29

5

X

12

Foxtrot

That old feeling / didn’t we

2:58

-

29

5

P

13

Cha Cha

Freedom come, freedom go / Rivers of Babylon

2:46

-

31

5

P

14

Cha Cha

What do you want / There’s a kind of hush

2:46

-

31

5

P

15

M. Waltz

Charmaine / Fascination

3:25

-

30

6

P

16

M. Waltz

Dream of me / Sunset in Manorca

3:23

-

30

6

X

17

Tango

Rio tango / Green eyes

2:38

-

32

5

X

18

Tango

I kiss your little hand madam

2:38

-

32

5

X

 19

Foxtrot

I could be happy with you / Till then

2:59

-

29

5

X

20

Foxtrot

Nice to know you care / Downhearted

3:32

-

29

6

P

Total Playing Time: 61 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’) X (non-standard introduction)

 

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Chris Housley: Time To Dance ‘4’: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 268CD): Added 07/02/14

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

Powder your face with sunshine / Painting the clouds with sunshine

2:07

-

48

6

P

2

Quickstep

Sunny side up / Don’t dilly dally / Wait ‘till the sun shines Nelly

2:07

-

48

6

P

3

M. Waltz

Memories live longer than dreams/That old fashioned mother of mine/Love is my reason

3:22

-

30

6

P

4

M. Waltz

True love / Apple blossom time / Try to remember

3:22

-

30

6

P

5

Samba

Twenty tiny fingers / El cumbanchero

2:05

-

55

7

P

6

Samba

Quando, quando, quando / Laughing samba

2:26

-

55

8

P

7

Rumba

From here to eternity / What’s another year

3:42

-

27

6

X

8

Rumba

Memory / The breeze and I

4:52

-

27

8

P

9

Tango

Petticoats of Portugal / My jealous eyes

2:34

-

32

5

X

10

Tango

Goodnight Vienna / Ole sole´ mio

2:37

-

32

5

X

11

OT Waltz

Annie’s song / Theme from Upstairs, Downstairs

2:14

-

45

6

X

12

OT Waltz

Coppelia / There’s a lovely lake in Loveland

2:15

-

45

6

P

13

Foxtrot

If I could only make you care / What more can I say / When day is done

3:35

-

29

6

P

14

Foxtrot

Taking a chance on love / So tired / Please

3:35

-

29

6

X

15

Cha Cha

Cherry pink and apple blossom white / Winchester cathedral

2:45

-

31

5

P

16

Cha Cha

Rivers of Babylon / Get out and get under the moon

2:45

-

31

5

X

17

Saunter

My buddy / Silver wings in the moonlight

4:12

-

28

7

P

18

Saunter

Once in a while / Roses of Picardy

3:37

-

28

6

P

 19

M. Waltz

Pal of my cradle days / When your old wedding ring was new

3:26

-

30

6

P

20

M. Waltz

Last waltz of the evening / It’s time to say goodnight / I’ll see you again

3:26

-

30

6

PP

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Chris Housley: Time To Dance 3: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 252CD) Added 20/09/08

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

I wanna say hello / Lonesome and sorry / Won’t you come home Bill Bailey

2:07

-

48

6

P

2

Quickstep

Mr Sandman / The sun has got his hat on / Good morning

2:07

-

48

6

P

3

Quickstep

That’s a plenty / Stumbling

2:07

-

48

6

X

4

M. Waltz

Always / Romona / Paradise

3:21

-

30

6

P

5

M. Waltz

Let the rest of the world go by/Where the blue of the night/I wonder who’s kissing her

3:21

-

30

6

P

6

M. Waltz

Everywhere / Dancing with tears in my eyes

3:21

-

30

6

P

7

Tango

Seranade in the night / Café in Vienna

3:08

-

32

6

X

8

Tango

A woman in love / ‘Neath the spell of Monte’ / Carlos

3:09

-

32

6

X

9

Saunter

Cry / Crying in the chapel

3:33

-

28

6

P

10

Saunter

I’ve heard that song before / Bye bye blues

3:33

-

28

6

P

11

Saunter

It had to be you / Red roses for a blue lady

3:33

-

28

6

P

12

Cha Cha

Something is happening / Blue moon

3:08

-

31

6

X

13

Cha Cha

Like I do / I’m forever blowing bubbles

2:38

-

31

5

X

14

Rumba

Tonight / Love me for ever

3:44

-

27

6

X

15

Rumba

Return to me / Take my heart

3:04

-

27

5

P

16

Rumba

You belong to my heart / Dearly beloved

3:40

-

27

6

X

17

Jive

Dinah / A white sports

2:58

-

34

6

P

18

Jive

You won’t find another fool like me

2:59

-

34

6

X

19

Blues

Somebody else is taking my place/Waiting at the church/All by yourself/In the shady ..

3:22

-

30

6

P

20

Blues

A slow boat to China/My melancholy baby/I’m gonna sit right down and write myself

3:23

-

30

6

P

Total Playing Time: 64 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Chris Housley: It’s Just The Time For Dancing: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 226CD) Added 03/04/08

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

It’s just the time for dancing / I want to be happy / Just in time

2:05

-

49

6

X

2

Quickstep

Cherie / Amy / Ma blushin’ Rose

2:05

-

49

6

X

3

M. Waltz

I’m in love with two sweethearts / Let us be sweethearts / Sweetheart tree

3:25

-

30

6

X

4

M. Waltz

Meet me in my dreams tonight / Where the waters are blue / Lady of Madrid

3:25

-

30

6

X

5

Cha Cha

When the red robin / Hometown

3:12

-

32

6

X

6

Cha Cha

Kiss me honey honey kiss me / Makin’ whoopee

2:43

-

32

5

X

7

Saunter

Sierra Sue / Down every street

3:35

-

28

6

X

8

Saunter

A pretty girl is like a melody / Poor butterfly

3:37

-

28

6

P*

9

Jive

The sheik of Araby / Some of these days

3:00

-

34

6

X

10

Jive

Singing the blues / Hey good looking

3:00

-

34

6

P

11

Rumba

Frenesi / Will you love me tomorrow

3:10

-

27

5

P

12

Rumba

My cherie amour / So this is love

3:10

-

27

5

X

13

Foxtrot

A little on the lonely side / I’ll buy that dream / I’m confessing

3:30

-

29

6

P

14

Foxtrot

There goes my heart / Be careful it’s my heart / Don’t blame me

3:30

-

29

6

P

15

Tango

Tell me I’m forgiven / Amapola

3:07

-

32

6

X

16

Tango

I could have danced all night / Always in my heart

3:07

-

32

6

X

17

Blues

Dancing with my shadow / Someday (You’ll want me to love you)

3:28

-

29

6

PP

18

Blues

You made me love you / Lily of Laguna / Roamin’ in the gloamin’

2:22

-

29

4

PP

19

M. Waltz

Whisper while you waltz / Wonderful one / No one but you

3:23

-

30

6

X

20

M. Waltz

The greatest mistake of my life / The sweetest song in the world

3:23

-

30

6

X

Total Playing Time: 63 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Few discordant notes around 2:40 minutes

 

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Chris Housley: Dance Dance Dance: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 208CD): Added 01/06/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

I wanna be like you / I’ve got a pocket full of dreams

2:07

-

48

6

P

2

Quickstep

Summer sweetheart / I love to sing / I love you

2:07

-

48

6

P

3

M. Waltz

Lovely lady / Kiss waltz

3:18

-

30

6

X

4

M. Waltz

Sally / I wonder what’s become of Sally / The first day of spring

3:18

-

30

6

P

5

Tango

Your lips are red / Hollander tango

3:08

-

32

6

X

6

Tango

Tango el torro

2:38

-

32

5

X

7

Rumba

Te amo / Hurt

3:36

-

28

6

P

8

Rumba

Coma prima / Friends for life

3:36

-

28

6

P

9

Cha Cha

It’s the talk of the town / Wrap your troubles in dreams

3:10

-

32

6

X

10

Cha Cha

Remember me / Tiptoe through the tulips

3:10

-

32

6

X

11

Blues

Ain’t no pleasing you / Carolina in the morning

3:20

-

29

6

P

12

Blues

In a shanty in old shanty town / Who’s sorry now / Side by side

3:25

-

29

6

P

13

Foxtrot

Don’t take your love from me / Breezin’ along in the breeze / April love

3:32

-

29

6

X

14

Foxtrot

If I knew then / Everybody loves somebody / But I do

3:32

-

29

6

P

15

Saunter

Home is where the heart is / Closer / It had to be you

3:36

-

28

6

X

16

Saunter

Make believe / Look for the silver lining / All of me

3:36

-

28

6

P

17

Quickstep

Ma! He’s making eyes at me / Is it true what they say about Dixie?

2:07

-

48

6

P

18

Quickstep

Give my regards to Broadway / Dear hearts and gentle people

1:48

-

48

5

P

 19

Foxtrot

Try a little tenderness / Cry

3:32

-

29

6

P

20

Foxtrot

Stars fell on Alabama / Hallelujah

3:32

-

29

6

X

Total Playing Time: 62 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

 

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Chris Housley: Time To Dance: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 184CD) Added 23/03/13

Track
Dance
Music Titles

Data on CD
Reviewed Data

Time

bpm

bpm

Seq
Grades

1

Quickstep

I can’t give you anything but love / Pasadena

2:44

-

48

8

X

2

Quickstep

When you’re smiling / I’m sitting on top of the world / Row, row, row

2:44

-

48

8

X

3

M. Waltz

Masquerade / Honolulu moon

3:15

-

31

6

X

4

M. Waltz

Adoration waltz/ Lifes desire

3:15

-

31

6

P

5

Saunter

Every streets is a Coronation street / Me and my girl

3:34

-

28

6

P

6

Saunter

Summer walk / May I have the next dream?

3:34

-

28

6

P

7

Tango

That’s my desire / Lady of Spain

3:11

-

32

6

X

8

Tango

Willingly / Oh! Rosalita

3:11

-

32

6

P

9

Rumba

Tropical magic / Sloop John ‘B’

3:04

-

27

5

P

10

Rumba

Strangers in the night / Come closer to me

3:07

-

27

5

X

11

Foxtrot

Sleepytime girl / Diane

2:55

-

29

5

X

12

Foxtrot

A certain smile / September in the rain

3:28

-

29

6

P

13

Cha Cha

Isle of Capri / Pennies from heaven

3:11

-

32

6

X

14

Cha Cha

That’s livin’ alright / Peg o’ my heart

2:08

-

32

4

X

15

Blues

I don’t want to walk without you/Love letters in the sand/You’re nobody till somebody loves you

3:27

-

29

6

P

16

Blues

Strollin’ / Underneath the arches / Me and my shadow

3:27

-

29

6

P

17

Quickstep

Those lazy hazy days of summer / Wishing (will make it so)

2:44

-

48

8

X

18

Quickstep

I’m thinking tonight of my blue eyes / Keep your sunny side up

3:42*

-

48

8

X

 19

Foxtrot

How soon / Embraceable you

3:27

-

29

6

X

20

Foxtrot

You’ll never no / Dream

3:27

-

29

6

P

Total Playing Time: 64 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

*  Actual 2:51

 

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Page last revised 07 February 2014

 

 

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