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Johnnie Sparrow

Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time No 15: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 319CD) Added 12/12/06

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Walk tall / Oh! lonesome me	2:15	-	48	6	P
2	Swing	Yes! my darling daughter / Cony Island washboard	2:14	-	49	6	P
3	Rumba	Look around (and you’ll find me …) / Something stupid	4:00	-	27	6	PP
4	Rumba	Some enchanted evening / Bali ha’I	4:01	-	26	6	PP
5	Saunter	A fallen star / Rose Marie	3:46	-	28	6	X
6	Saunter	I can’t stop loving you / The rose of Tralee	3:09	-	28	5	P
7	Mambo	Pick a bale of cotton / What do you want	2:32	-	42	6	X
8	Mambo	Side saddle	2:32	-	42	6	X
9	Foxtrot	When day is done / But not for me	3:33	-	30	6	P
10	Foxtrot	I’ve never been in love before	3:01	-	30	5	P
11	M. Waltz	Sailing bye	3:31	-	30	6	P
12	M. Waltz	The sunshine of my life	2:56	-	30	5	X
13	Quickstep	Go dancing	2:15	-	48	6	P
14	Quickstep	Pretty little girl from Oman / All I ever need is you	2:14	-	48	6	X
15	Tango	I can’t tell a waltz from a tango / Never do a tango with an Eskimo	3:12	-	33	7	X
16	Tango	I couldn’t live without your love / You’ve got your troubles	2:43	-	33	5	X
17	Jive	“77” sunset strip	3:00	-	35	6	X
18	Jive	You made me love you / Heart of my heart	3:00	-	35	6	X
19	V. Waltz	Cruising down the river / The loveliest night of the year	2:21	-	61	8	X
20	V. Waltz	I belong to Glasgow / The northern lights of old Aberdeen	1:48	-	61	6	P
21	Paso-Doble	Rawhide	1:43	-	62	6	X
22	Paso-Doble	Y viva Espana	1:41	-	63	6	P

Total Playing Time: 58 minutes

Grades: P (good music) X (uninspiring)

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time “11” For Christmas: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 290CD) Added 27/05/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Foxtrot	Christmas magic / I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus	3:31	-	29	6	P
2	Foxtrot	Christmas and you / Silent night	2:57	-	29	5	P
3	Swing	Christmas snowbells	2:10	-	48	6	X
4	Swing	Little white berry / Frosty the snowman / Jingle bells	2:11	-	48	6	X
5	Rumba	White Christmas / Away in a manger	3:54	-	26	6	P
6	Rumba	Walking in the air	2:27*	-	26	5	P
7	Mambo	Caribbean Christmas	2:27	-	42	6	X
8	Mambo	Snowcoach	2:27	-	42	6	X
9	Blues	Mrs Santa Claus / It’s beginning to look like Christmas / At Christmas	3:29	-	29	6	P
10	Blues	Candle in the window / Christmas alphabet / Jingle bell rock	3:30	-	29	6	X
11	Jive	I’m sending a letter to Santa Claus / The little boy that Santa Claus forgot	2:56	-	35	6	X
12	Jive	Santa baby / Rudolph the red nosed reindeer / Winter wonderland	2:56	-	35	6	X
13	Saunter	Blue Christmas / An old Christmas card	3:38	-	28	6	P
14	Saunter	Santa Claus is coming to town / On Christmas Island	3:04	-	28	5	P
15	Cha Cha	Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow! / Rocking around the Christmas tree	2:44	-	31	5	X
16	Cha Cha	Have yourself a merry little Christmas/All I want for Christmas is my two .	2:44	-	31	5	P
17	M. Waltz	Christmas bride / The Christmas song	3:23	-	30	6	P
18	M. Waltz	Come with me to Bethlehem / Silver bells	3:23	-	30	6	P
19	Quickstep	The worst darn winter in years / Winter weather / Sleigh ride	2:31	-	48	7	P
20	Quickstep	Snowflake / Here comes Santa Claus	2:11	-	48	6	P

Total Playing Time: 61 minutes

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

* Actual time 3:19

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time 10: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 286CD) Added 17/03/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Honey bun / Yankee doodle boy	2:09	-	48	6	X
2	Swing	The poor people of Paris	2:09	-	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Here comes my baby back again / The first thing every morning	3:37	-	28	6	P
4	Saunter	My own peculiar way / The blackboard of my heart	3:05	-	28	5	X
5	Mambo	Pixilated penguin	2:28	-	41	6	X
6	Mambo	Can’t take my eyes off you	2:03	-	41	5	P
7	Foxtrot	Love walked right in / Young and foolish	2:29*	-	29	6	PP
8	Foxtrot	Hey there / Love me or leave me	2:56	-	29	5	P
9	Jive	I found a million dollar baby / I wish I could shimmy like my sister Kate	2:55	-	35	6	X
10	Jive	Oh Donna Clara / Rock a Billy rock	2:56	-	35	6	P
11	Rumba	Close to you / More than ever (come prima)	3:55	-	26	6	P
12	Rumba	I have dreamed / Our day will come	3:20	-	26	5	P
13	Blues	My blue heaven / Sweet Lorraine	3:29	-	29	6	P
14	Blues	Little old lady / One has my name, the other has my heart	2:56	-	29	5	P
15	Quickstep	Diamonds are a girl’s best friend / Dancing with my shadow	2:09	-	48	6	P
16	Quickstep	Blue skies / It doesn’t matter any more	2:07	-	48	6	P
17	M. Waltz	The Tennessee waltz / ‘Neath Hawaiian skies	3:24	-	30	6	P
18	M. Waltz	No one but you / Sympathy	2:52	-	30	5	P
19	Tango	The naughty lady of shady lane / Perhaps, perhaps, perhaps	3:05	-	33	6	P
20	Tango	Sunny / The young ones	2:37	-	55	5	X

Total Playing Time: 60 minutes

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

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time 9: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 279CD) Added 17/03/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	A spoonful of sugar / Rolling ‘round the world	2:08	-	48	6	P
2	Swing	Canadian capers	2:08	-	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Just one more chance / Forty shades of green	3:37	-	28	6	P
4	Saunter	You’ve still got a place in my heart / Send me the pillow you dream on	3:03	-	28	5	P
5	Jive	The bells are ringing / April showers / Pennies from heaven	2:54	-	35	6	X
6	Jive	Sweet Georgia Brown	2:54	-	35	6	X
7	Rumba	Lady on red / Can’t give you anything (but my love)	3:54	-	26	6	X
8	Rumba	Loving you / La Golondrina	3:19	-	26	5	X
9	Foxtrot	How deep is the ocean / My foolish heart	3:29	-	29	6	P
10	Foxtrot	If I give my heart to you / Stay as sweet as you are	2:57	-	29	5	P
11	Mambo	Zambezzi	2:26	-	41	6	X
12	Mambo	Everyday	2:28	-	41	6	X
13	M. Waltz	Stranger on the shore / Waltz of my heart	3:24	-	30	6	X
14	M. Waltz	The Hawaiian wedding song	2:51	-	30	6	X
15	Tango	Besame mucho	3:10	-	33	6	X
16	Tango	Money, money, money / If I were a rich man	2:37	-	33	5	X
17	Blues	It’s the talk of the town / Where the black-eyed susans grow	3:28	-	29	6	P
18	Blues	Where the blue and lonely go / Those shoes keep walking back to you	2:56	-	29	5	P
19	Samba	Popcorn	1:53	-	55	6	P
20	Samba	Mambo jambo	1:54	-	55	6	PX
21	Quickstep	I’ll see you in my dreams	2:09	-	48	6	P
22	Quickstep	Sugartime / I love my baby / Drifting and dreaming	2:08	-	48	6	P

Total Playing Time: 64 minutes

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

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time 8: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 277CD) Added 18/07/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	The way you look tonight / This can’t be love	2:08	-	48	6	P
2	Quickstep	Gentle on my mind / Sweet sweet smile	2:08	-	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Ramblin’ Rose / He’ll have to go	3:36	-	28	6	P
4	Saunter	Am I blue / You’re my everything	3:02	-	28	5	P
5	Jive	Apple blossom time / Ida, sweet as apple cider	2:53	-	35	6	X
6	Jive	Taking a chance on love / Back in your own backyard	2:25	-	35	5	X
7	Rumba	I have a dream/When your in love with a beautiful ../If I said you had a beautiful body	3:53	-	26	6	P
8	Rumba	I wish you love / Love me with all of your heart	3:16	-	26	5	X
9	Foxtrot	May I have the next dream with you / Time on my hands	3:36	-	29	6	P
10	Foxtrot	Here in my heart / One alone	2:54	-	29	5	P
11	Mambo	(All day, all night) Marianne / Enjoy yourself / Suku suku	2:27	-	41	6	X
12	Mambo	I love you and don’t you forget it	2:36	-	41	6	P
13	M. Waltz	Charade / Till we meet again	3:18	-	30	6	PP
14	M. Waltz	By the sleepy lagoon	2:50	-	30	5	PP
15	Swing	A tavern in the town/The best things in life are free/There’s a blue ridge round my heart	2:08	-	48	6	X
16	Swing	Powder your face with sunshine / I’m looking over a four leaf clover / Shine	2:08	-	48	6	P
17	Tango	Love come back to me / Born free	3:04	-	31	6	X
18	Tango	Atmosphere / It’s a heartache	2:38	-	33	5	X
19	Blues	We just couldn’t say goodbye / Finger of suspicion	3:26	-	29	6	P
20	Blues	Moonlight Bay / Mary’s a grand old name / The black hills of Dakota	2:56	-	29	5	P
21	Cha Cha	Jealous / By the light of the silvery moon / Show me the way to go home	3:15	-	31	6	X
22	Cha Cha	Robot man / Battle of New Orleans	2:45	-	31	5	X

Total Playing Time: 65 minutes

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

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time 7: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 269CD) Added 17/03/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	I want a girl / Busy line	2:28	-	48	8	X
2	Quickstep	Never ending song of love / Say! Has anyone seen my sweet gypsy Rose	2:12	-	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Little ol’ wine drinker me / Just out of reach	3:39	-	28	6	P
4	Saunter	Louise	3:04	-	28	5	P
5	Jive	I cried for you / When my sugar walks down .. / When you wore a tulip	2:55	-	35	6	X
6	Jive	Back home in Tennessee / Sleepytime gal	2:55	-	35	6	X
7	Rumba	Three coins in a fountain / She	3:57	-	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Let me try again / If	3:18	-	26	5	P
9	Foxtrot	Poor butterfly / You’ll never know	2:52	-	30	5	P
10	Foxtrot	Little things mean a lot / All the things you are	2:52	-	30	5	P
11	M. Waltz	My cherie / The desert song	3:20	-	31	6	P
12	M. Waltz	Softly, softly / Wonderful one	2:49	-	31	5	P
13	Quadrilles	The dancing dustman	1:44	-	62	6	P
14	Quadrilles	Scottish medley	1:44	-	62	6	P
15	Blues	Your cheatin’ heart / Ragtime cowboy Joe	2:52	-	30	5	P
16	Blues	It’s been a long long time / The alley cat song	2:56	-	30	5	P
17	Jive	Heartbreak hotel / Walk on by	2:55	-	35	6	X
18	Jive	I’m walking behind you / When	2:54	-	35	6	X
19	Barn Dance	On mother Kelly’s / Side by side / Carolina in the morning / If I had my way	4:29	-	30	8	P
20	Barn Dance	You always hurt the one / Happy days and lonely nights / On a slow boat to	3:24	-	30	6	P
21	Cha Cha	From me to you / I saw her standing there	3:12	-	32	6	X
22	Cha Cha	Banana boat song	2:43	-	32	5	X

Total Playing Time: 67 minutes

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

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Johnnie Sparrow: Dancin’ Time No. 6: Accordion: Savoy Records (SAV 264CD) Added 04/05/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	You are my lucky star / I’ll never say never again	2:10	-	48	6	X
2	Quickstep	Kisses sweeter than wine / Don’t stay away too long	2:10	-	48	6	P
3	Saunter	Sweet dreams / Maggie	3:38	-	28	6	X
4	Saunter	I’ll string along with you / Georgia on my mind	3:04	-	28	5	P
5	Rumba	The wonder of you / In the chapel in the moonlight	3:54	-	26	6	P
6	Rumba	I believe / La vie en rose	3:17	-	26	5	X
7	Jive	I’m putting all my eggs in one basket / Glad rag doll	2:55	-	35	6	X
8	Jive	Orange coloured sky / I’ve got a pocketful of dreams	2:35*	-	35	6	X
9	Blues	Love me a little more / Half as much	3:23	-	30	6	X
10	Blues	Maybe / Sam’s song	2:52	-	30	5	P
11	Cha Cha	Rocking all over the world /The entertainer	3:16	-	31	6	X
12	Cha Cha	In a little Spanish town / I don’t want to set the world on fire	2:47	-	31	5	X
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