Come Dancing in sequence: a review of sequence dance cds

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David Smith: 60’s & 70’s: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 364CD) Added 26/07/07

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	We shall not be moved / Happy heart	2:24	48	49	7	X
2	Quickstep	Save your kisses for me / Take me home country roads	2:43	48	49	8	P
3	M. Waltz	Try to remember / May each day	3:54	30	30	7	P
4	M. Waltz	All kinds of everything / Cavatina (He was beautiful)	3:23	30	30	6	P
5	Foxtrot	For once in my life / King of the road	4:02	29	29	7	P
6	Foxtrot	New York New York / Sing	3:29	29	29	6	P
7	Tango	What kind of fool am I / Spanish eyes	3:35	32	33	7	X
8	Tango	In the summertime / Solitaire	3:07	32	33	6	X
9	Blues	Fings aint what they used to be / Island of dreams	3:28	29	29	6	P
10	Blues	Matchstalk men and matchstalk cats and dogs	3:28	29	29	6	P
11	Rumba	I’ll never find another you / Carnival is over	4:20	27	27	7	P
12	Rumba	And I love you so / Don’t it make my brown eyes blue	3:45	27	27	6	P
13	Cha Cha	In an old bazaar in Cairo / Bobby’s girl	3:14	31	31	6	P
14	Cha Cha	You’re the first, the last my everything/You are the sunshine of	3:47	31	31	7	X
15	Salsa	Yeah yeah / Save the last dance for me	3:20	35	35	7	P
16	Salsa	Beautiful Sunday / Amarillo	2:54	35	35	6	P
17	Saunter	My kinda girl / Daydream believer	4:10	28	28	7	P
18	Saunter	Don’t stay away too long / Streets of London	3:36	28	28	6	P
19	Swing	Those lazy hazy crazy days of summer / Open up them pearly	2:05	48	49	6	P
20	Swing	Jambalaya (On the Bayou) / Tie a yellow ribbon round the old	2:05	48	49	6	P
21	Rumba	Everybody’s talkin’ / From Russia with love	4:20	27	27	7	P
22	Rumba	Can’t smile without you / Sailing	3:45	27	27	6	PPP
Total Playing Time: 76 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring) X (out of sequence/phase)

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David Smith: 1940’s In Sequence: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV354CD): Added 05/01/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Dambusters march / Aces high (Luftwaffe march)	-	50	50	7	P
2	Quickstep	Jeepers creepers / Good morning	-	50	50	6	X
3	M. Waltz	The anniversary waltz / I’ll be with you in apple blossom time	-	30	30	6	P
4	M. Waltz	If I should fall in love again / When they sound the last all clear	-	30	30	6	X
5	Tango	Always in my heart / Silver wings in the moonlight	-	32	32	6	X
6	Tango	You belong to my heart / Besame mucho	-	32	32	6	P
7	Foxtrot	That lovely weekend / You’ll never know	-	29	29	6	P
8	Foxtrot	When the lights go on again / What more can I say?	-	29	29	6	P
9	Swing	Run rabbit run /Hang out the washing on the Siegfried line	-	50	50	6	P
10	Swing	Oh Johnny! Oh Johnny! Oh!/Who do you think you are kidding Mr Hitler	-	50	50	6	P
11	Rumba	Yours / Cuban love song	-	27	27	7	X
12	Rumba	Maria Elena / Amapola	-	27	27	6	P
13	Blues	Whispering grass / All over the place	-	29	29	6	P
14	Blues	The white cliffs of Dover / We’ll meet again	-	29	29	6	P
15	Cha Cha	Blueberry hill / Ma! I miss your apple pie	-	32	32	5	P
16	Cha Cha	Three little fishes / Bless ‘em all	-	32	32	6	P
17	Jive	In the quartermaster store / Boogie woogie bugle boy	-	36	35	6	P
18	Jive	Opus one / In the mood	-	36	35	6	X
19	Saunter	Underneath the arches / Hometown	-	28	28	6	P
20	Saunter	Lilli Marlene / Music maestro please	-	28	28	6	P
Total Playing Time: 63 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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David Smith: Everyone’s A Winner: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 348CD): Added 12/08/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Moonstruck / Keep your sunny side up	2:03	50	50	6	P
2	Quickstep	So what’s new / Bei mir bist du schoen	2:03	50	50	6	P
3	M. Waltz	Sally / I wonder what’s become of Sally	3:23	30	30	6	P
4	M. Waltz	Love will find a way / If the whole world stopped loving	3:23	30	30	6	X
5	Tango	No other love / April love	3:07	32	32	6	X
6	Tango	Play gypsy play / Rosetta	3:07	32	32	6	P
7	Foxtrot	By the fireside / The very thought of you	3:28	29	29	6	X
8	Foxtrot	You belong to me / A garden in the rain	3:28	29	29	6	P
9	Swing	Love makes the world go round / Somebody stole my gal	2:21	50	50	7	P
10	Swing	The sheik of Araby / Mad dogs and Englishmen	2:02	50	50	6	P
11	Rumba	What now my love / As long as he needs me	4:10	28	28	7	P
12	Rumba	Don’t laugh at me (cause I’m a fool) / Love me with all your heart	3:40	28	28	6	P
13	Cha Cha	Wheels / I’m beginning to see the light	3:09	32	32	6	P
14	Cha Cha	I’m confessin’ / Show me the way to go home	3:09	32	32	6	X
15	Salsa	Las Vegas / There’s a kind of hush	3:20	35	35	7	X
16	Salsa	Splish splash / Heartbeat	2:53	35	35	6	X
17	Mambo	Laughing samba / Manana (is good enough for me)	2:25	42	42	6	P
18	Mambo	April in Portugal	2:25	42	42	6	P
19	Saunter	Promises / Tears	3:35	28	28	6	P
20	Saunter	It’s been a long time / On the sunny side of the street	3:35	28	28	6	P
Total Playing Time: 62 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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David Smith: Memories Of The Black & White Minstrels: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 347CD) Added 12/12/06

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Ma he’s making eyes at me / Yes sir! that’s my baby	2:22	-	50	7	P
2	Quickstep	I’m looking over a four leaved clover / Toot toot tootsie	2:23	-	50	7	P
3	M. Waltz	It happened in Monterey / When I grow too old to love	3:24	-	30	6	X
4	M. Waltz	Ramona / Beautiful dreamer	3:24	-	30	6	X
5	Blues	Let me sing and I’m happy / My mammy	3:30	-	29	6	P
6	Blues	If I had my way / You made me love you	3:32	-	29	6	P
7	Foxtrot	Stars fell on Alabama / Did you ever see a dream walking	3:33	-	29	6	P
8	Foxtrot	Bewitched, bothered and bewildered / Days of wine & roses	3:33	-	29	6	P
9	Tango	South American way / Arrivederci Roma	3:12	-	33	6	X
10	Tango	Can I forget you / South of the border	3:09	-	33	6	X
11	Rumba	Poor old Joe / Way down upon the Swanee river	3:40	-	28	6	P
12	Rumba	Born free / Gentle Annie	3:41	-	28	6	P
13	Cha Cha	Singin’ in the rain / Georgia on my mind	3:10	-	32	6	P
14	Cha Cha	When the red red robin / Itsy bitsy teenie weenie yellow	3:14	-	32	6	P
15	Saunter	Walking my baby back home / Strollin’	3:40	-	28	6	P
16	Saunter	Roses of Picardy / Me and my shadow	4:13	-	28	7	P
17	Swing	I’ve never seen a straight banana / Alexander’s ragtime	2:25	-	50	7	P
18	Swing	Zip-a-dee-do-dah / Baby face	2:04	-	50	6	P
19	Paso	Una Paloma blanca	2:13	-	62	8	P
20	Paso	Y viva Espana	1:42	-	62	6	PP
21	Jive	Everybody’s doing it / When the saints go marching in	2:53	-	36	6	PX
22	Jive	ChataNooga choo choo / Shuffle off to Buffalo	2:53	-	36	6	P
Total Playing Time: 69 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring) X (out of sequence/phase)

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David Smith: Lord Of The Dance: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 343 CD) Added 05/08/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Blowin’ in the wind / Top of the world	-	-	50	7	P
2	Quickstep	Deed I do / Lulu’s back in town	-	-	50	6	X
3	M. Waltz	‘Allo, ‘allo / Last of the summer wine	-	-	30	6	P
4	M. Waltz	Cara mia / I can give you the starlight	-	-	30	6	P
5	Foxtrot	More / A dream is a wish your heart makes	-	-	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	I left my heart in San Francisco / A gal in calico	-	-	29	6	P
7	Tango	Golden tango	-	-	33	5	P
8	Tango	Serenade in the night / Hernando’s hideaway	-	-	33	6	P
9	Cha Cha	Lady in red / Everyday	-	-	32	6	P
10	Cha Cha	He’s got the whole world in his hands / Lord of the dance	-	-	32	5	X
11	Rumba	Blue bayou / Friend for life	-	-	28	6	P
12	Rumba	Where is love / Will you still love me tomorrow	-	-	28	6	X
13	Mambo	Happy birthday sweet sixteen	-	-	41	6	X
14	Mambo	Japanese sandman / Blackpool belle	-	-	41	6	X
15	Blues	Indian love call / (I’ll build a) stairway to paradise	-	-	28	6	P
16	Blues	Down forget me not lane / I do like to be beside the seaside	-	-	29	6	P
17	Swing	C’est magnifique / It’s a hap hap happy day	-	-	50	6	X
18	Swing	Bring me sunshine / Nice people	-	-	50	6	X
19	OT Waltz	Upstairs downstairs / Quaker girl	-	-	44	6	P
20	OT Waltz	Tales from the Vienna woods / Roses from the south	-	-	44	7	P
21	Salsa	It’s my party / Ten guitars	-	-	35	6	X
22	Salsa	Happiness	-	-	35	6	P
Total Playing Time: 65 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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David Smith: I Hear Music: Keyboards: Savoy Records (SAV 340CD) Added 05/08/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
Track	Dance	Music Titles	Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Zing went the strings of my heart / Somebody loves me	-	-	50	6½	X
2	Quickstep	It doesn’t matter any more / Bye, bye love	-	-	50	6	X
3	M. Waltz	Wonderful one / Down in the glen	-	-	30	6	X
4	M. Waltz	Everywhere / Love is my reason	-	-	30	6	P
5	Tango	Amor amor / Paper roses	-	-	32	6	X
6	Tango	Kiss of fire / Luna rossa	-	-	32	6	P
7	Foxtrot	Fly me to the moon / You’re nobody till somebody loves you	-	-	29	6	P
8	Foxtrot	I’ll close my eyes / Long ago and far away	-	-	29	6	X
9	Swing	Limehouse blues / Chinatown my Chinatown	-	-	50	6	X
10	Swing	Yes we have no bananas / I’m gonna get lit up	-	-	50	6	X
11	Rumba	Magic is the moonlight /How wonderful to know	-	-	28	6	P
12	Rumba	I’ve got you under my skin / Sometimes when we touch	-	-	28	7	P
13	Cha Cha	Ain’t that a grand and glorious feeling/When my sugar walks down the street	-	-	32	6	P
14	Cha Cha	I’ve told every little star / Pardon my pretty baby	-	-	32	6	X
15	Salsa	Dallas theme tune / Tea for two	-	-	34	6	X
16	Salsa	Never on a Sunday / Let’s twist again	-	-	34	6	X
17	Jive	Holiday rock from Hi di Hi / Green door	-	-	37	6	X
18	Jive	‘Aint she sweet / Sit down your rockin the boat	-	-	37	6	X
19	Saunter	Pennies from heaven / Beautiful briny	-	-	28	6	P
20	Saunter	Raining in my heart / Only sixteen	-	-	28	6	P
Total Playing Time: 62 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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