hiya, its my 40th party in May, having a party, my dj has asked me for tunes i would like to be played.........mind gone blank, i want to cater for everyone, plus my kids. they are 18/16 and 10.... they think the stuff i like is awful.. i always thought i

[loulou026]

was quite with it! please help, i need suggestions of music that will cater for ages 16 - 60....

help me please!!

[237SJ]

You can`t go wrong with Abba for starters.

[alexanderd]

Abba always gets them dancing, Tina Turner(Simply the Best), Beatles for the older ones, Bryan Adams(18 till I die)

[4getmenot]

If they are a good dj they should know what good party tunes are, The younger ones will dance to party tunes and I'm sure they will have requests for DJ on the night

[ummmm]

Like 4get says...just tell him the age range. He should have an idea what to play..

[zzxxee]

i dont think you can please everyone, just play different sets say half hour 60s and 70s stuff
half hour 80s/90s stuff
then half hour modern stuff and repeat x.

[craft1948]

Just get the oldies pissed then they think they can dance to anything............

[pussnboots]

Every time I've been to one of these family parties with a DJ it's always the oldies that get people up dancing, it's always something with a good beat eg. The Mavericks, Beatles, Abba, anyway it's your party so choose what you like but ask your kids for a few of their favourites as well. Have a good party. x

[douglas9401]

Candi Staton - Young Hearts Run Free
Roxy Music - Let's Stick Together
David Bowie - The Jean Genie
Derek and the Dominoes - Layla
Neil Diamond - Cracklin Rose
Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar
The Beatles - Get Back

The Twist, The Hucklebuck, Oops Upside your Head, The Slosh.

Gay Gordons, Dashing White Sergeant.....................................
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Nice of you to give this DJ a start in his career. :)

[4getmenot]

douglas I'm sorry most of them would make me sit down. I'd say for the older generation, abba, high ho silver lining, build me up buttercup, tiger feet, a bit of quo for the rockers. Middle aged, Wham, Whitney, chesney, just pure cheese, younger ones like macarena, saturday night, the cha cha slide ....

[Jemisa]

Don't forget to include 'Sugar-Sugar' by the Archies, always gets me up on the floor.
(I'm thinking of the higher end of the age group here)

jem

[Jan1957]

You could always look at this site and choose what was around at the time you were into partying. That's what I did for my 25th Wedding Anniversary.

http://www.everyhit.com/

[4getmenot]

I do like Oops upsde your head douglas but that also makes me sit down lol

[237SJ]

It`s got to be something you can dance to. I can find loads of soul/dance music on my ipod that would fit the bill. (can`t remember offhand though) The maximum age in the question is 60 so that`s not exactly ancient. The harder choice is to find something for the youngsters that`s "cool"

[Arksided]

Craft 'Just get the oldies pissed then they think they can dance to anything' well she will be forty... dont be mean ;-)

[Jan1957]

But don't forget the tena lady anyway. :-)

[JimmyCooper]

If you tell any decent DJ the age of the attendees he/she should know what to play.

I used to DJ and apart from a couple of must have songs I used to discourage people giving me playlists as invariably they would be their personal taste like the wedding I got asked to do anfd got given a list of 75 r&b songs.