Urgent Help Needed - RE: 50th Party

digiking

Hi,
I've been asked to dj my neighbours dads 50th birthday surprise party tomorrow night - But i am only used to dj'ing for much younger crowds - Does anyone have any suggestions or even better a set list that they have used before.

I'm thinking of digging out my collection of 80's dance - the likes of diana ross, cyndi lauper etc etc for when there dancing - and later then i'll reckon i can get away with party favourites - shakira, rhianna etc...

If anyone has any suggestions - it would be great.

Thanks
Alan

Seanie M

For a 50th, methinks you have to think like the birthday person in their youth, which means going back o the 60's and 70's. It would be like doing a wedding for an older-than-regular couple. When I have had to do older birthday parties like what you're about to do, you could do wrse than to include the following in your collection:

Bee Gees - Staying Alive
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Diana Ross - Hot STuff
The Beatles - Ticket to Ride
Joe Dolan - Good Lookin' Woman
The Monkees - I'm A Believer
Tom Jones - Sex Bomb
Tome Jones - It's Not Unusual
George HArrison - Got My Mind Set On You
Jive Bunny Mastermixes (there are only 2 of them)
Roy Orbison - Pretty Woman
B-52's - Love Shack
Brian Adams - Summer of 69
Boney M Megamix
Status Quo - Whatever You Want
Ram Jam - Black Betty
The Bluebells - Young At Heart
Kenny Loggins - Footloose

...actually, there's loads more, but I guess you get the idea from the above.

Find out if he likes a lot of Dad Rock - Sweet, Zeppelin, Stones, Supertramp, April Wine, Rainbow/Russ Ballard. Find out what his favourite 3 songs are and you'll be along the right track to make him happy.

Seanie.

fish fingers

those jive bunny megamixes are the business. Let them play away until the cake arrives. Make sure you have happy birthday and congratulations song.
Then bring out the big guns.
Queen
Ymca
Amarillo
Bowie
Kinks
Buggles
Ram jam
Gloria Gaynor
Thin lizzy
Abba
Footloose
Uptown girl
Come on eileen
Kiss
Love shack
Karma chameleon
Brown eyed girl
Theres loads man. Just make up a few compilation cds. Make sure you have enough songs.
check this site out http://www.fiql.com/

juno1

you never know, they could have been into the old Madchester stuff in their late party days... could do worse than drop some Happy Mondays (Oakey's Hallelujah remix or God's Cop or Rave On or...)

if so, you will likely be asked for Stone Roses so bring at least Fool's Gold in all its 9:53 glory (errm, there's a mix of this tune by A Guy Called Gerald which brings the percussion up if you want to go more dancey after that).

tman

fish fingers wrote:

those jive bunny megamixes are the business. Let them play away until the cake arrives. Make sure you have happy birthday and congratulations song.

The direction in the music industry that Andy Pickles took after being in Jive Bunny never fails to amuse me:p

Riesen_Meal

tman wrote:

The direction in the music industry that Andy Pickles took after being in Jive Bunny never fails to amuse me:p

Tidy Boys wasnt it?