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Richard Keeling: A Handful Of Songs: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 215): April 2014 release: Added 24/04/14

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Fanlight Fanny	2:30	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	Maggie May / Sweet Georgia Brown	2:30	48	48	7	P
3	M. Waltz	Somewhere	3:30	30	30	6	X
4	M. Waltz	Spanish romance	3:30	30	30	6	X
5	Blues	I don’t know why I just do	3:34	29	29	6	X
6	Blues	When I’m 64 / All my loving	3:00	29	29	5	X
7	Rumba	I’m stone in love with you	3:54	24	26	6	X
8	Rumba	Yesterday once more	3:18	24	26	5	X
9	Tango	Tango d’amour	3:12	32	32	6	P
10	Tango	Money money money	2:40	32	32	5	P
11	Quickstep	It’s alright with me	2:30	48	48	7	X
12	Quickstep	The song is you	2:10	48	48	6	X
13	Foxtrot	Stepping out with my baby medley	3:30	29	29	6	P
14	Foxtrot	Isn’t this a lovely day	3:00	29	29	5	P
15	Cha Cha	It’s in his kiss	2:44	31	31	5	P
16	Cha Cha	Sugar sugar	2:44	31	31	5	P
17	Saunter	The dream maker	3:40	28	28	6	P
18	Saunter	A handful of songs	3:04	28	28	5	P
19	Mambo	Do the cha cha cha (V)	2:34	40	40	6	P
20	Mambo	Dancing shoes	2:30	40	40	6	P
21	M. Waltz	Who’s taking you home tonight	2:24	30	30	4	P
22	M. Waltz	Time to go home / The last waltz	2:24	30	30	4	P
Total Playing Time: 66 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Stranger On The Shore: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 210): September 2013 release: Added 14/09/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Lazy hazy crazy days of summer	2:28	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	Cincinnati rag	2:28	48	48	7	P
3	Blues	I can’t give you anything but love / Melancholy baby	3:28	29	29	6	P
4	Blues	My kind of girl	2:58	29	29	5	P
5	Tango	Turtletauben tango	3:10	32	32	6	PPP
6	Tango	In dreams	2:40	32	32	5	X*
7	Rumba	Crazy for you	3:50	26	26	6	X
8	Rumba	Someone like you	3:50	26	26	6	X
9	Jive	Come back my love	2:30	35	35	5	P
10	Jive	I saw her standing there	2:30	35	35	5	P
11	Foxtrot	The best is yet to come / Moondance	3:30	29	29	6	X
12	Foxtrot	Have I told you lately that I love you	3:00	29	29	5	P
13	Cha Cha	Coco	2:44	31	31	5	P
14	Cha Cha	Funny funny	2:44	31	31	5	P
15	M. Waltz	I won’t last a day without you	3:28	30	30	6	P
16	M. Waltz	Sandy’s song	2:56	30	30	5	P
17	Quickstep	Five minutes more	2:28	48	48	7	P
18	Quickstep	You make me feel like dancing	2:10	48	48	6	P
19	Saunter	Secret love (V)	3:40	28	28	6	P
20	Saunter	Stranger on the shore	3:05	28	28	5	PP
21	Bossa Nova	Long live love	2:35	40	40	6	P
22	Bossa Nova	Sing	2:10	40	40	5	P
Total Playing Time: 66 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Beautiful music but lacking in tango beat

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Richard Keeling: Feel Good: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 204): March 2013 release: Added 27/03/13

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Cha Cha	I feel good	2:42	31	31	5	X
2	Cha Cha	I should be so lucky	2:42	31	31	5	X
3	Rumba	No matter what	3:50	26	26	6	X
4	Rumba	Begin the beguine	3:50	26	26	6	X
5	Swing	C’est magnifique / I love Paris / Mais oui mais oui	2:30	48	48	7	P
6	Swing	With a little bit of luck	2:30	48	48	7	X
7	Foxtrot	Takumi	3:32	29	29	6	X
8	Foxtrot	The old fashioned way	2:58	29	29	5	P
9	Tango	The rain in Spain / Lady of Spain	3:11	32	32	6	P
10	Tango	Isle of Capri	2:40	32	32	5	P
11	Blues	I’m gonna sit right down and write myself a letter/Love letters in the sand	3:30	29	29	6	P
12	Blues	Morning train (9 to 5)	2:56	29	29	5	P
13	M. Waltz	Il silenzio	3:28	30	30	6	PP
14	M. Waltz	Anywhere the heart goes (Meggie’s theme)	2:55	30	30	5	P
15	Quickstep	You can’t hurry love	2:30	48	48	7	P
16	Quickstep	Higher and higher	2:10	48	48	6	P
17	Saunter	My guy (V)	3:40	28	28	6	P
18	Saunter	Sleepy Joe	3:05	28	28	5	P
19	Jive	Waterloo	2:30	34	35	5	X
20	Jive	Have I the right	2:30	34	35	5	X
Total Playing Time: 61 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Nine To Five: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 202): Added 16/11/12

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Nine to five	2:30	48	48	7	X
2	Swing	Karma chameleon	2:30	48	48	7	P
3	M. Waltz	I dreamed a dream	3:26	30	30	6	P
4	M. Waltz	A moment lost	3:26	30	30	6	P
5	Cha Cha	Banana boat song / Island in the sun / Coconut woman	3:15	31	31	6	PP
6	Cha Cha	She’s a lady	2:44	31	31	5	PP
7	Foxtrot	She	3:30	29	29	6	P
8	Foxtrot	Dancing in the dark	2:58	29	29	5	P
9	Rumba	Bring him home	3:18	26	26	5	X
10	Rumba	Non dimenticar	3:54	26	26	6	P
11	Quickstep	Can’t buy me love / The night before	2:30	48	48	7	P
12	Quickstep	Tell me when	2:10	48	48	6	X
13	Tango	Beat it	3:10	32	32	6	X
14	Tango	Don’t you want me	2:40	32	32	5	X
15	Mambo	Papa loves mambo (V)	2:31	40	40	6	P
16	Mambo	Mysterious girl	2:31	40	40	6	P
17	Saunter	I’m into something good	3:38	28	28	6	P
18	Saunter	I’ll never find another you	3:38	28	28	6	P
19	Samba	Best years of our lives	2:02	50	50	6	P
20	Samba	Suddenly you love me	2:02	50	50	6	P
21	Rumba	Nessun dorma	3:16	26	26	5	X
22	Rumba	March of the Hebrew slaves	3:16	26	26	5	P
Total Playing Time: 66 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Dance With Me: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 194): April 2012 release: Added 12/04/12

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Rumba	Time to say goodbye	3:52	26	26	6	X
2	Rumba	Wherever you are	3:52	26	26	6	X
3	Swing	That’s a plenty	2:28	48	48	7	X
4	Swing	That man (V)	2:28	48	48	7	P
5	Foxtrot	Just the way you are	3:32	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	All or nothing at all	3:32	29	29	6	P
7	Cha Cha	Daddy cool / Sunny	2:44	31	31	5	P
8	Cha Cha	Just one look	2:44	31	31	5	P
9	M. Waltz	I know him so well	3:26	30	30	6	PP
10	M. Waltz	To know him is to love him	3:26	30	30	6	PP
11	Quickstep	Zing went the strings of my heart	2:29	48	48	7	P
12	Quickstep	I get a kick out of you	2:29	48	48	7	P
13	Saunter	Send me the pillow that you dream on / As usual	3:40	28	28	6	P
14	Saunter	Daydream believer	3:05	28	28	5	P
15	Tango	Paradise	3:12	32	32	6	P
16	Tango	Clocks	2:41	32	32	5	P
17	Rumba	Hero	3:52	26	26	6	P
18	Rumba	Echo of a serenade	3:15	26	26	5	P
19	Jive	Love really hurts without you	2:57	34	35	6	P
20	Jive	Dance with me tonight	2:31	34	35	5	X
Total Playing Time: 63 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: A Night Like This: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 191) November 2011 release

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	Ragtime cowboy Joe / Black hills of Dakota	3:28	30	30	6	P
2	Blues	Ooh wakka doo wakka day	2:55	30	30	5	P
3	Swing	Snowbird	2:31	48	48	7	P
4	Swing	Sweet dreams baby	2:31	48	48	7	X
5	M. Waltz	Honor (theme from The Pacific)	3:27	30	30	6	PP
6	M. Waltz	Blow the wind southerly	3:27	30	30	6	PP
7	Saunter	Morningtown ride / Island of dreams	3:41	29	28	6	P
8	Saunter	With a song in my heart	3:05	29	28	5	P
9	Cha Cha	A night like this (V)	3:16	31	31	6	PP
10	Cha Cha	Everything	2:44	31	31	5	X
11	Rumba	Love me for a reason	3:52	26	26	6	P
12	Rumba	Unbreak my heart	3:52	26	26	6	X
13	Quickstep	This could be the start of something big	2:31	48	48	7	X
14	Quickstep	Theme from Come Dancing	2:11	48	48	6	X
15	Foxtrot	That old feeling / Once in a while	3:33	29	29	6	P
16	Foxtrot	Komm in den Park Von Sonssouci	3:01	29	29	5	P
17	Tango	The final countdown	3:11	32	32	6	PPP
18	Tango	Livin’ thing	2:41	32	32	5	X
19	Gavotte	Ode to joy	3:37	24	24	5	P*
20	Gavotte	Love is blue	2:57	24	24	4	PP*
21	Mambo	Inside out (V)	2:31	40	40	6	PP
22	Mambo	Calypso Mexico (V)	2:00	40	40	5	P
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* gavotte rhythm not well-defined

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Richard Keeling: Band Of Brothers: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 186): May 2011 release: Added 12/05/11

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Muskrat ramble	2:29	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	So do I / Midnight in Moscow	2:28	48	48	7	P
3	Saunter	Crazy / I fall to pieces / Sweet dreams	3:40	29	28	6	PP
4	Saunter	I do I do I do	3:05	29	28	5	P
5	M. Waltz	Band of brothers	3:26	30	30	6	PP*
6	M. Waltz	Angel of music / Wishing you were somehow here again	3:26	30	30	6	P
7	Tango	Tango Estella	3:11	32	32	6	P
8	Tango	At the balalaika	2:41	32	32	5	P
9	Foxtrot	Beware my foolish heart / It happened in Monteray	3:33	29	29	6	P
10	Foxtrot	Manhattan	2:58	29	29	5	P
11	Rumba	Frozen	3:53	26	26	6	X
12	Rumba	The sound of music	3:16	26	26	5	X
13	Cha Cha	One way ticket to the blues	2:44	31	31	5	X**
14	Cha Cha	Nicola	2:44	31	31	5	X**
15	Quickstep	Never ending song of love	2:32	48	48	7	X
16	Quickstep	Sunshine girl	2:32	48	48	7	X
17	Blues	California girls / Wouldn’t it be nice	3:25	29	30	6	X
18	Blues	All I do is dream of you	2:54	29	30	5	P
19	Jive	Under the moon of love	2:58	34	35	6	P
20	Jive	Da doo ron ron	2:04	34	35	4	P
21	Rumba	Music of the night	3:51	26	26	6	PP
22	Rumba	All I ask of you	3:17	26	26	5	PP
Total Playing Time: 68 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Based on increasing beauty of music as track develops

** Lacking in cha cha rhythm

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Richard Keeling: In The Mood: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 181) November 2010 release: Added 07/12/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	I want to say hello / Avalon	2:32	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	When you and I were young Maggie (Medley)	2:32	48	48	7	P
3	Foxtrot	On the street where you live	3:34	29	29	6	PP
4	Foxtrot	Time after time / They say it’s wonderful	3:34	29	29	6	P
5	Jive	In the mood (Miller medley 1)	2:57	34	35	6	P
6	Jive	String of pearls (Miller medley 2)	2:28	34	35	5	X
7	Rumba	Whistle down the wind	3:52	26	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Think of me	3:52	26	26	6	P
9	Cha Cha	Chilly cha cha	3:16	31	31	6	X
10	Cha Cha	Kiss me honey honey	2:14	31	31	4	P
11	M. Waltz	Cavatina	3:28	30	30	6	X*
12	M. Waltz	Pal of my cradle days	2:55	30	30	5	PP
13	Quickstep	Mack the knife / This can’t be love	2:30	48	48	7	P
14	Quickstep	L.O.V.E / Almost like being in love	2:30	48	48	7	P
15	Tango	Goodnight Vienna	3:12	32	32	6	P
16	Tango	Ciao ciao bambino	2:42	32	32	5	P
17	Saunter	Who’s sorry now / Take these chains from my heart	3:41	28	28	6	P
18	Saunter	Green green grass of home	3:06	28	28	5	P
19	Mambo	Upside down (V)	2:31	40	40	6	P
20	Mambo	Reet petite	2:31	40	40	6	P
21	NV Waltz	Falling in love with love	2:38	52	52	8	P
22	NV Waltz	The drinking song	2:00	52	52	6	P
Total Playing Time: 66 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Fourth sequence of music (bars 53-69) is beautiful

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Richard Keeling: Close To You: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 178) April 2010 release: Added 02/05/10

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	Skyliner	2:27	48	48	7	X
2	Quickstep	Lover come back to me	2:30	48	48	7	P
3	M. Waltz	Love never dies	3:27	30	30	6	PP
4	M. Waltz	Who I was born to be	3:27	30	30	6	PP
5	Foxtrot	I’m beginning to see the light / Fly me to the moon	3:32	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	Petite fleur	3:33	29	29	6	PP
7	Rumba	You’ll see	3:52	26	26	6	PP
8	Rumba	Apache	3:16	26	26	5	P
9	Tango	Bad romance	3:10	32	32	6	X
10	Tango	While my guitar gently weeps	2:42	32	32	5	X
11	Swing	Bad moon rising	2:32	48	48	7	X
12	Swing	Hasta manana	2:31	48	48	7	P
13	Cha Cha	Boys and girls (V)	2:44	31	31	5	X
14	Cha Cha	Wonderful world	2:13	31	31	4	P
15	Saunter	It might as well rain until September	3:40	29	28	6	P
16	Saunter	Close to you	3:06	29	28	5	PP
17	Jive	Wake me up before you go go	2:32	34	35	5	P
18	Jive	Eight days a week	2:32	34	35	5	P
19	M. Waltz	Could I have this dance (V)	3:25	30	30	6	X
20	M. Waltz	Nocturne	2:24	30	30	4	P
Total Playing Time: 61 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Imagine: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 173) November 2009 release: Added 19/11/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Blues	With a little help from my friends / All you need is love	3:32	29	29	6	P
2	Blues	Green door	3:00	29	29	5	P
3	Quickstep	Hey good looking / Bye bye love	2:33	48	48	7	P
4	Quickstep	Keeping me up all night	2:33	48	48	7	P
5	Foxtrot	September in the rain / Autumn leaves	3:35	29	29	6	P
6	Foxtrot	The way you look tonight	3:34	29	29	6	P
7	Rumba	Come prima	3:52	26	26	6	P
8	Rumba	Arrivederci Roma	3:52	26	26	6	PP
9	Tango	Capricciosso	3:11	32	32	6	P
10	Tango	Legend of Xanadu	3:11	32	32	6	P
11	M. Waltz	Imagine	3:27	30	30	6	P
12	M. Waltz	Fascination	3:27	30	30	6	P
13	Swing	Baby face / Don’t dilly dally on the way	2:32	48	48	7	P
14	Swing	If you knew Susie / Sweet Sue	2:29	48	48	7	X
15	Cha Cha	Walking miracle	3:16	31	31	6	X
16	Cha Cha	You got what it takes	2:14	31	31	4	X
17	Saunter	Our day will come	3:40	29	28	6	X
18	Saunter	Still the one	3:06	29	28	5	X
19	Rumba	I’ve never been to me	3:53	26	26	6	X
20	Rumba	Run	3:15	26	26	5	X
21	Mambo*	Do you remember	2:31	40	41	6	PP
22	Mambo*	In the summertime	2:10	40	41	5	P
Total Playing Time: 70 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Also good as a jive

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Richard Keeling: Nice ‘N’ Easy: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 169) April 2009 release: Added 22/04/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Swing	Putting on the style / Have a drink on me	2:30	48	48	7	P
2	Swing	Good morning / You are my sunshine	2:29	48	48	7	P
3	Foxtrot	Nice ‘n’ easy	3:33	29	29	6	P
4	Foxtrot	Call me irresponsible	3:00	29	29	5	P
5	Rumba	Constantly	3:52	26	26	6	P
6	Rumba	The look of love	2:41	26	26	4	X
7	Tango	Temptation	3:11	32	32	6	X
8	Tango	Rain on your parade	2:41	32	32	5	X
9	M. Waltz	Hallelujah	3:27	30	30	6	P
10	M. Waltz	Let it be	3:27	30	30	6	PPP
11	Cha Cha	I just want to dance with you	3:15	31	31	6	P
12	Cha Cha	Don’t stop moving	2:14	31	31	4	P
13	Quickstep	Scottish medley one	2:31	48	48	7	P
14	Quickstep	Scottish medley two	2:31	48	48	7	P
15	Saunter	Love letters	3:04	29	28	5	PP
16	Saunter	Breaking up is hard to do	3:04	29	28	5	PP
17	Jive	I’m still standing	2:59	34	35	6	P
18	Jive	She loves you	2:30	34	35	5	P
19	Rumba	Walk away	3:53	26	26	6	PP
20	Rumba	Greatest day	3:16	26	26	5	X
21	Perez Mambo	The boy does nothing (V)	2:31	40	40	6	PP
22	Perez Mambo	House of bamboo	2:10	40	40	5	P
Total Playing Time: 66 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

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Richard Keeling: Rebel Heart: Keyboards: Maestro Records (CDTS 165) Added 11/12/08

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Rumba	Rebel heart	3:51	26	26	6	P
2	Rumba	How do I live	3:16	26	26	5	P
3	Quickstep	Valerie	2:31	48	48	7	X
4	Quickstep	Help	2:31	48	48	7	X
5	Foxtrot	All that jazz / Razzle dazzle	3:33	29	29	6	X
6	Foxtrot	I’ve got the world on a string	2:26	29	29	4	X
7	M. Waltz	The dark island	3:27	30	30	6	PP
8	M. Waltz	The nuns chorus	2:23	30	30	4	PP
9	Tango	Roter mohn	3:11	32	32	6	P
10	Tango	Viva la vida	2:41	32	32	5	X
11	Swing	Happy wanderer medley	2:31	48	48	7	P*
12	Swing	Pack up your troubles medley	2:31	48	48	7	P*
13	Cha Cha	Mercy	2:43	31	31	5	X
14	Cha Cha	Sway	2:13	31	31	4	X
15	Saunter	Sleepy time gal / A gal in calico	3:41	29	28	6	P
16	Saunter	Gee baby	2:30	29	28	4	P
17	Paso Doble	La ritatowers	2:03	58	58	7	X
18	Paso Doble	Y Viva Espana	2:03	58	58	7	P
19	Rumba	As if we never said goodbye	3:52	26	26	6	P
20	Rumba	Aria	2:38	26	26	4	P
21	Gavotte	Every time we say goodbye	2:56	24	24	4	PP**
22	Gavotte	As time goes by	2:56	24	24	4	PP**
Total Playing Time: 64 minutes
Grades: P (good music) X (‘uninspiring’)

* Assessments assume the usual atmosphere in which these tunes will be remembered from days gone by

** Not a gavotte rhythm but lovely music

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Richard Keeling: On Days Like This: Keyboard: Maestro Records (CDTS 161) Added 02/07/09

Track	Dance	Music Titles	Data on CD		Reviewed Data
			Time	bpm	bpm	Seq	Grades
1	Quickstep	It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing / The lady is a tramp	2:33	48	48	7	X
2	Quickstep	That old black magic	2:33	48	48	7	X
3	Saunter	The Italian theme	3:46	29	28	6	P
4	Saunter	Moonglow / Paper moon	3:09	29	28	5	X
5	M. Waltz	You don’t have to say you love me	3:29	30	30	6	P
6	M. Waltz	With one look	2:56	30	30	5	P
7	Tango	Rehab	3:13	32	32