Ballroom Dancing

Ballroom Dancing

Track Listings

1. Too Close for Comfort [Quickstep]

2. Lady's in Love With You [Quickstep]

3. Call Me Irresponsible [Slow Fox Trot]

4. You're My Everything [Slow Fox Trot]

5. Amore Baciami [Waltz]

6. I Give My Heart [Waltz]

7. Belle of the Ball [Viennese Waltz]

8. Gotta Be This or That [Quickstep]

9. Old Devil Moon [Quickstep]

10. My Foolish Heart [Slow Fox Trot]

11. It Can't Be Wrong [Slow Fox Trot]

12. Broadway Melody [Quickstep]

13. Foggy Day [Quickstep]

14. Boy Next Door [Waltz]

15. Around the World [Waltz]

16. At the Balalaika [Tango]

17. Hernando's Hideaway [Tango]

18. At the Jazz Band Ball [Quickstep]

19. Dearly Beloved [Quickstep]

20. Cerveza (Jive)

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Tracks:

Too Close for Comfort [Quickstep]
Lady's in Love With You [Quickstep]
Call Me Irresponsible [Slow Foxtrot]
You're My Everything [Slow Foxtrot]
Amore Baciami [Waltz]
I Give My Heart [Waltz]
Belle of the Ball [Viennese Waltz]
Gotta Be This or That [Quickstep]
Old Devil Moon [Quickstep]
My Foolish Heart [Slow Foxtrot]
It Can't Be Wrong [Slow Foxtrot]
Broadway Melody [Quickstep]
Foggy Day [Quickstep]
Boy Next Door [Waltz]
Around the World [Waltz]
At the Balalaika [Tango]
Hernando's Hideaway [Tango]
At the Jazz Band Ball [Quickstep]
Dearly Beloved [Quickstep]
Cerveza (Jive)
One [Cha-Cha-Cha]
Pennies from Heaven [Cha-Cha-Cha]
Feelings [Rumba]
Al Di La [Rumba]
Copacabana (At the Copa) [Samba]
Cumparsita [Tango]
I'll Go Where Your Music Takes Me [Modern Disco Beat]
You Were Never Lovelier [Slow Foxtrot]

Album Details

Tracks Include: Too Close for Comfort, Old Devil Moon, My Foolish Heart, Dearly Beloved, Copacabana, You were Never Lovelier, One Pennies from Heaven and More.

Customer Reviews:

Top value for good dance music.......2007-01-29

28 great tunes played by THE orchestra that developed and popularized strict tempo dance music. All of the great dance orchestras learned from listening to Victor Silvester, and this album will help you appreciate their wisdom. It is not historic in the sense of "You're Dancing on my Heart." Rather, it continues his genius in a worthy manner. This recording is amazingly clean for a digitally remastered album. Every track is danceable except maybe the "modern disco" track (#27).

Strict tempo dance music and a great buy.......2001-12-17

This British orchestra who has been around a long time. The music is "strict tempo" for competition or just dancing. Eight quicksteps is too many for Americans who don't dance it much. It would be difficult to dance magic rhythm to these quicksteps, as they are 50 measures per minute. The Modern Disco Beat is inappropriate on a ballroom dance CD, in my opinion. The Waltzes are a good tempo, not too fast. The Jive is very British. Get a Glenn Miller CD for American swing. The Latins are also good.

Average customer rating:

GREAT!
A relaxing journey into our Colonial past
Fantastic!
Cold Mountain type music that's great

Colonial America

Manufacturer: Maggie's Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C9Z9X
Release Date: 2003-09-01

Tracks:

Rickett's Hornpipe/ Fishers Hornpipe
Maiden Lane/ Jack O' Lent/ Chestnut/Bonny Broom
Parting Friends/Primrose
Flowers of Edinburgh/East Neuke of Fife
Prelude / La Catherine
Planxty Browne/Planxty Burke
Cutie Clat Her
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Album Description

Spirited new sounds from across the sea to the shores of the New Land. From the first colonists to the American Revolution and the birth of our republic Hesperus Early Music Ensemble's music reflects a time of new ideas, freedom and vitality. In town and village, parlor and ballroom, from the Appalachians to the great concert halls hear the musical pulse of early American music performed on a wide variety of folk and early music instruments. Includes: lively country-dance tunes, evocative Shape Note Hymns, old time Appalachian fiddle tunes, graceful European parlor music, French cotillions, divisions and improvisations. Introduction -The English Colonies in America were a patchwork-not just of territories whose boundaries became state lines, but of people from different places and classes with widely different values and experiences. This recording presents music from that patchwork; from England, the Colonial homeland; Scotland and Ireland, the homes of the largest groups of immigrants outside England; and France, the ally of the Patriots, and music written in the United States. More recordings by HESPERUS from Maggie's Music are Celtic Roots featuring Scottish fiddler, Bonnie Rideout and Early American Roots. Hesperus Ensemble is THE sought after musical group for period music that is both authentic, and most important fun, lively and spirited. They are frequent performers at the Smithsonian's Institute of American Music and can be heard on the soundtrack or the Paramount film with Johnny Depp entitled Sleepy Hollow! Excerpts from liner notes:2.A Set of English Country Dance Tunes: Maiden Lane, Jack O'Lent, Chestnut, Bonny Broom - The visionary London music publisher John Playford first published his English Dancing Master in 1651. It was reprinted 18 times over the next 77 years and is still popular today. 3. Parting Friends/Primrose - These tunes have come down to us in choral arrangements called shape-note hymns .

Customer Reviews:

GREAT!.......2007-05-20

This cd travels everywhere with me and you can easily imagine a ball at Monticello given by Mr. Jefferson when you hear it.
Try not to daydream too much while driving as i had done several times..lol..it's hard not to with this cd..:)
Perfect for a colonial reenactment or party.

A relaxing journey into our Colonial past.......2006-03-16

I bought this CD to provide me with another dimension to my studies of period events. It truly contains a wealth of music, and takes it place as an important addition to my musical library. Living in the Mt Vernon area, I often travel with the CD playing while visiting historical places, and it provides a wonderful companion to "set the mood" for the myriad locations in the area. The quality of the sound is remarkable, the musicians superb, and the breadth of song selection provides a musical landscape for the period. Highly recommended!!

Fantastic!.......2004-03-04

I first heard the "Colonial America" CD by Hesperus when I visited Monticello recently (the home of Thomas Jefferson) where they were playing the songs in the gift shop. Imagine my dismay to find that only one cassette tape was left of the fabulous music of Hesperus; however, that tape held me spell-bound all the way home, from Virginia to North Carolina.

It was an incredible journey from the past that has stayed with me since, and every day I drive that one hour back and forth to work. This music has changed everything about the trips, and I can't wait for more.

Thanks to Amazon.com I was able to buy all three CD's, including "Early American Roots," "Colonial America" and the incredible "Celtic Roots" with the most beautiful violas imaginable.

Thank you Hesperus! Please play more!

Cold Mountain type music that's great.......2003-11-15

Novels and movies like Cold Mountain, Oh Brother Where Art Thou? and Song Catchers are showing the growing interest in traditional music and this recording hits the mark. It is music from the days of early America--the time when the first colonists come to America. You can hear the fiddle playing tunes still popular in the Appalachian mountains today and also hear shape note music arranged by Hesperus as wonderful instrumentals. The music takes you to a time when folks were making music in their homes-before TV, before the internet! This recording is good for teachers or educational purposes too- with informative liner notes. All the music is played on folk and early music instruments and it's lively and an enjoyable listen.

Average customer rating:

Two and a half stars at best
Good value for your dance music dollar
Better choices than this
A great collection for the price

Strictly Dancing: Best of Ballroom
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Manufacturer: Madacy Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1995-09-01

Tracks:

Waltz: Moon River - Mancini/Mercer Warner/Chappell
Waltz: Somewhere My Love - Webster/Jarre
Tango: La Paloma - Alder/Ross/J & J Ross Company
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Customer Reviews:

Two and a half stars at best.......2007-04-21

The best I can say for this disc is that it is inexpensive. Beginners looking for music for practice will be frustrated by this disc, because the tempos are all over the place. They vary within each track, and they are often inappropriate to the needs of beginning dancers. Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, and comments about tempos.

Moon River, 3:19, Waltz. The tempo is on the slow side for waltz.
Somewhere my love, 2:54, Waltz. This is a little faster and nice to dance to.
Paloma, La, 2:20, Tango. The tempo is okay, but the music is sort of dull.
Hernando's Hideaway, 2:31, Tango. Ditto.
Mambo #5, 3:22, Mambo. The tempo is okay, but it is NOT the Mambo #5 you expect it to be.
Mambo jambo, 2:42, Mambo. Good tempo, and great percussion.
Peanut vendor, 2:37, Cha cha. Watch out! Too fast for beginning cha cha.
Cherry pink and apple blossom white, 2:48, Cha cha. The tempo is okay but inconsistent.
Moonglow, 3:06, Foxtrot. Whoa! This is way too slo-o-o-w for foxtrot.
Me and my shadow, 2:29, Foxtrot. This tempo is okay for foxtrot.
Pennsylvania 6-5000, 2:58, Quickstep. This tempo is too slow for quickstep, and so try swing or Lindy.
In the mood, 3:06, Quickstep. This tempo is okay.

Good value for your dance music dollar.......2006-09-20

This CD presents some entertaining music that is enjoyable to both dance to and listen to. The recording quality is high. After purchasing the first copy for our own dance party use, our club purchased additional copies to give as door prizes.

Better choices than this.......2001-12-17

35 minutes makes this a short CD, even at the price. Moon River (waltz) has only the first beat (of 1, 2, 3) which makes it difficult for beginners. The second waltz is fine for beginners, not too fast. The Mambos are classic Prez Prado, super latin feeling. Cherry Pink is the classic arrangement with the retardo, so not strict tempo. The Fox Trots are good for box rhythm. The Quicksteps can be danced as swing. The Tango music is too mechanical, and not inspirational for dancing. Peanut Vendor (cha cha) is awful, in my opinion. There are better choices.

A great collection for the price.......2000-11-04

If you're looking for a CD for beginning dancers this is the one. A collection of great hits you can sing along with and dance along with. Sure to be a winner for any big band or ballroom fan.

Plays for Dancers in Love/Plays for Dream Dancing

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Dance The Night Away
Hard to find cd
The Dream World of Postwar Ballroom Dancing, Reborn

Plays for Dancers in Love/Plays for Dream Dancing
Ray Anthony
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Day By Day
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Easy To Love
Where Am I?
I've Got You Under My Skin
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Falling In Love With Love
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Blue Champagne
Where Or When
Dancers In Love
This Love Of Mine
Dream Dancing
I'll Never Smile Again
Out Of Nowhere
I Only Have Eyes For You
Embraceable You
Street Of Dreams
Stars Fell On Alabama
I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)
Laura
Moonlight In Vermont
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Album Details

Two-on-one, digtally remastered disc of two Anthony classics.

Customer Reviews:

Dance The Night Away.......2005-12-31

Snuggle up close to your sweetie for dream-dancing to this "two-fer" CD. Sparkling arrangements turn each song into a new memory. 'I Hadn't Anyone Till You', 'Out Of Nowhere', and 'I Don't Know Why (I Just Do)' get my honey and I up off our seats, and out onto the instant dance floor of our living room, every time!
Even if you can only dream, as you nod your head to another time and another place, this CD is worth the price of admission. Buy it for your Grandparents, or your parents, and make sure you buy another copy for yourself!

Hard to find cd.......2005-09-18

Took 3 weeks for this item to arrive. I think too long.

The Dream World of Postwar Ballroom Dancing, Reborn.......2004-10-12

Ray Anthony took the clarinet-octave-lead-over-the-saxes sound from Glenn Miller's civilian band, added strings like Major Miller did in his AAF band, and, with his arrangers (including Don Simpson), made it all more hi-fi and even sweeter for dancing pleasure. And it IS pleasure: sensual, indulgent, maybe even "escapist," but in perfectly disciplined STYLE...If the ending of "Embraceable You" (Track 18) doesn't strike you as the PRETTIEST combo of big-band woodwinds and soft brass,
run-don't-walk to the nearest audiologist.

Now sure, as a trumpet player, Ray Anthony wasn't Harry James (who else WAS for Godssakes?), but what he HAD he sure could USE...No, this isn't "jazz," it's scintillatingly-arranged commercial big-band-and-strings, with jazz inflection...But taken on its own terms this disc is an unabashed pleasure from start to finish.

DREAM DANCING is the more famous of the two LPs resurrected here, and it's a jewel.

Still, the earlier LP, DANCERS IN LOVE (1957 ? ), is one of those sweetly, pungently recorded Capitol albums of the late mono era: everything is perfectly focused, and if it's possible, "better than stereo."

If you can't recreate a big-band ballroom or install a revolving mirror-ball in your own abode, then at least have a few old friends over to your patio, porch or deck; serve some hors d'ouevres, light some lanterns, pop open some bubbly, and play tracks 1 thru 12...By the time "Blue Champagne" is over, you'll think you see Marilyn, in that green & white-print summer dress she wore in SOMETHING'S GOT TO GIVE, smiling at you from the edge of the patio..."Sure, why not, you silly old thing."

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School

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Some fun dance tunes
I couldn't give this away if I wanted to

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Milan Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Frank Cries - Mark Adler
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Kaulana Kanekoa & Vince Esquire
Zip Gun Bop - Royal Crown Revue
Bella Luna - Robert J. Walsh
Cha Cha Charlie - Mel Young
Ciribiribin - Mark Adler
Joyous Shades Of Brilliant Magenta/Hey Bread Man - Mark Adler
Begin The Beguine - Mark Adler
Steves Story - Mark Adler
Pedro Goes To Town - Mel Young
Dr. Bones - Cherry Poppin Daddies
Ritas Clothes - Mark Adler
Getting Sentimental Over You - Mark Adler
Scattering The Ashes - Mark Adler
Moonbeams - Bill Le Blanc & Robert J. Walsh
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Baile Fresco - Scott Nickoley & Ronald Dunlap
Frank & Meredith - Mark Adler
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Album Description

The film's plot revolves around the characters' love of ballroom dancing and the music that fills their lies with joy and emotion. This soundtrack allows the listener to relive these musical moments time and time again. The soundtrack combines Mark Adler's evocative score with classic Ballroom selections including Begin the Beguine and Hop Into Lindy, as well songs by the Royal Crown Review, Louis Armstrong and cherry Poppin' Daddies.

Customer Reviews:

Some fun dance tunes.......2007-05-10

Marilyn Hotchkiss Ballroom Dancing & Charm School is a sweet and wonderful movie. It is about events in and around a dance school. It is NOT about the dancing or the music. The music is wonderful, and party hosts and dance DJs will find that some of it is fun for dancing.

Here are the titles, durations, suggested dance, and listed artist/performer.

Frank cries, 1:27, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
Somewhere over the rainbow, 4:20, no dance suggested, Kaulana Kanekoa & Vince Esquire
Zip gun bop, 3:30, Jive, Royal Crown Revue
Bella Luna, 2:47, Foxtrot, Robert J. Walsh
Cha Cha Charlie, 2:08, Cha cha, Mel Young
Ciribiribin, 1:48, Waltz, Warren Leuning
Joyous shades of brilliant magenta, hey bread man 3:40, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
Begin the beguine, 3:16, Foxtrot, Dan Higgins
Steve's story 5:51, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
Pedro goes to town, 2:54, Cha cha, Mel Young
Dr. Bones, 3:35, Jive, Cherry Poppin' Daddies
Rita's clothes 1:51, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
Getting sentimental over you, 3:37, Foxtrot, Charlie Loper
Scattering the ashes 2:34, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
Moonbeams, 3:13, Foxtrot, Bill Le Blanc & Robert J. Walsh
Swing tango, 2:03, Tango, Moody Rivers
Baile fresco, 2:52, Mambo, Scott Nickoley & Ronald Dunlap
Frank & Meredith 3:44, no dance suggested, Mark Adler
On the sunny side of the street, 3:21, Foxtrot, Louis Armstrong

I couldn't give this away if I wanted to.......2006-10-06

I couldn't believe it. I couldn't put this CD down even when I wanted to. I couldn't give this thing away, even to my beloved co-workers. This is a must have. I seriously love this CD so much that sometimes I forget I have it until I stick my hand in my purse and find it with me and then it makes me smile.

Dancing Under the Stars: The Ultimate Ballroom Album

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Buy the individual albums instead

Dancing Under the Stars: The Ultimate Ballroom Album
Columbia Ballroom Orchestra
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Customer Reviews:

Buy the individual albums instead.......2007-04-05

There are several Coumbia Ballroom Orchestra albums. You can sample them here, or skip this album and buy the individual albums. I recommend buying the individual albums! Please don't be distressed by the three star rating. I explain the difference in my profile, and you can find links to several dozens albums reviewed there.

This is full orchestra dance music and the strings often carry the melody line. The cover and insert list the appropriate dance and the tempo (bpm). The tempos are appropriate to the suggested dance.

Here is the title, duration, suggested dance, tempo (bpm), and original album title:

1. Save The Last Dance For Me 2:10, Cha cha 32 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:24)
2. I Just Called To Say I Love You 2:26, Foxtrot 30 (Also on Let's Dance Competition Dance:14)
3. Over The Rainbow 2:46 Rumba 27 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:20)
4. In The Mood 2:32, Swing 44 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:16)
5. Tennessee Waltz 2:28, Waltz, 30 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:23)
6. The Way We Were 2:13, Tango 33 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party Three:16)
7. YMCA 2:03, Samba 54 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party Two:21)
8. Fascination 2:27, Waltz (Also on Let's Dance Competition Dance:11)
9. What A Feeling (Flashdance) 2:14, Cha cha 32 (Also on Let's Dance Competition Dance:1)
10. Stardust 3:04, Foxtrot 30 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:13)
11. Sound Of Silence 3:20, Rumba 27 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party Two:19)
12. El Choclo 2:39, Tango 33 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party Three:4)
13. Copacabana 2:05, Samba 54 (Also on Let's Dance Competition Dance:3)
14. Sing, Sing, Sing 1:55, Swing 48 (Also on Let's Dance Invitation to Dance Party One:16)

Average customer rating:

Solid dance music
41 well recorded tracks

Strictly Ballroom Dancing
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Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

Dancing with Tears in My Eyes
If I Should Fall in Love Again
London by Night
Cavatina
Charmaine
Masquerade
So Tired
I Know Why
Dream
Dance in the Old Fashioned Way
New York, New York
Ecstacy
Serenata
Mexicano
Tango Erotique
Rosita
Lover [Quick Step]
Love Come Back to Me [Quick Step]
Deed I Do [Quick Step]
Just the Way You Look Tonight [Quick Step]
Let's Face the Music and Dance [Quick Step]

Tracks:

Tea for Two
You Turned the Tables on Me
What a Difference a Day Makes
I Talk to the Trees
It's in His Kiss
Cucaracha
Tico Tico
Get Me to the Church on Time
Copacabana (At the Copa)
Fools Ruch In
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered
If Ever I Would Leave You
Stranger in Paradise
Come Closer to Me
Begin the Beguine
Pennsylvania 6500/Tuxedo Junction (Jive)
Near You (Jive)
Trumpet Blues/Take the a Train (Jive)
Have I the Right/Green Door (Jive) - Raymond Chuchuk
Chattanooga Choo Choo

Customer Reviews:

Solid dance music.......2007-05-12

I like all the tracks except for the tangos. They are too fast for my taste, but the sound quality is excellent for all.

41 well recorded tracks.......2007-04-12

All of the tracks are played by the Dennis Hayward Orchestra. If you like the Columbia Ballroom Orchestra, or the Swiss Ballroom Orchestra, buy this double album! There are 41 well recorded instrumental tracks with carefully measured tempos. You will enjoy practicing to this music and for just 30 cents a tune!

There is a full orchestral sound in the waltzes and foxtrots on the first disc. The quicksteps are exceptional and they make me want to dance. Disc two is better than the first. It makes good use of brass and woodwind solos, and the Latin percussion is well done. The rumbas are especially good. Let's hope there is a volume two.

Here are the titles, durations, and suggested dance for each track:

Disc One
Dancing with tears in my eyes 3:29, Waltz
If I should fall in love again 3:28, Waltz
London by night 3:30, Waltz
Cavatina 3:32, Waltz
Charmaine 3:32, Waltz
Masquerade 3:29, Waltz
So tired 2:54, Foxtrot
I know why 2:56, Foxtrot
Dream 2:55, Foxtrot
Dance in the old fashioned way 2:54, Foxtrot
New York New York 2:54, Foxtrot
Ecstacy 3:07, Tango
Serenata 3:08, Tango
Mexicano 2:38, Tango
Tango erotique 3:07, Tango
Rosita, La 2:37, Tango
Lover 2:05, Quickstep
Lover come back to me 2:05, Quickstep
Deed I do 2:05, Quickstep
Just the way you look tonight 2:06, Quickstep
Let's face the music and dance 2:03, Quickstep

Disc Two
Tea for two 2:54, Cha cha
You turned the tables on me 2:53, Cha cha
What a difference a day makes 2:51, Cha cha
I talk to trees 2:52, Cha cha
It's in his kiss 2:52, Cha cha
Cucaracha, La 2:55, Cha cha
Tico Tico 2:26, Samba
Get me to the church on time 2:04, Samba
Copacabana 2:25, Samba
Fools rush in 3:25, Rumba
Bewitched, bothered & bewildered 3:26, Rumba
If ever I would leave you 3:28, Rumba
Stranger in paradise 3:27, Rumba
Come closer to me 4:06, Rumba
Begin the beguine 4:43, Rumba
Pennsylvania 65000 / Tuxedo Junction 1:18, Jive
Near you 2:39, Jive
Trumpet blues / Take the a train 1:44, Jive
Have I the right / Green door 2:35, Jive
Chattanooga choo choo 2:33, Jive