Many congratulations Gail and Simon!
As my good friend Alan was away, he suggested to Gail and Simon that I should help them celebrate their wedding in the New Forest (thank you Alan x). I really love the New Forest, Helen and I often go there for a few days in our campervan, so of course it was a pleasure to help. Gail and Simon then booked me to DJ for them using my unique VW DJ booth. It was such a huge pleasure celebrating this great day with all their friends and family.
I really like weddings in village halls, it’s something to do with making use of a community resource, and it’s also a very budget friendly option to celebrate.
Background music
Gail and Simon wanted a relaxed party with good music to dance to, with a little bit of Blues, Salsa, and Lindyhop. As their guests arrived, and during the drinks reception and meal, I played the following:
- Everybody Loves The Sunshine (feat. Daddy Waku & Chantal Kashala) Netsky & Babl Lemmens
- Asia Solar House
- Easy 2 Coco Steel & Lovebomb
- Deeper Afterlife
- Smooth Trumptation Ibizarre & Trumpetman
- Sunset Coco Steel & Lovebomb
- Oh! Behave Skeewipf
- Dub In Ya Mind Afterlife
- The Third Eye Ibizarre
- Retreat To The Forest Ibizarre
- When Cool Was King (Continuous Mix 1) Various Artists
- When Cool Was King (Continuous Mix 2) Various Artists
- Boom Boom John Lee Hooker
- Born Under A Bad Sign Albert King
- The Thrill Is Gone B.B. King
- Need Your Love So Bad Fleetwood Mac
- Let the Good Times Roll Louis Jordan
- Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters
- Honky Tonk Women The Rolling Stones
- Take Me To The River Al Green
- (I’m A) Road Runner Junior Walker & The All Stars
- Rescue Me Fontella Bass
- Soul Man Sam & Dave
- What’d I Say (Parts 1 & 2) Ray Charles
- Something’s Got a Hold On Me Etta James
- Living from the Mind Brick
- What About My Love Johnnie Taylor
- Take Yo’ Praise Camille Yarbrough
- Everybody Loves The Sunshine Roy Ayers
- Give Me the Sunshine Leo’s Sunshipp
- You Rock My World (Album Version – Edit) Michael Jackson
- House Party (Full Length Version) Fred Wesley
- Pick Up the Pieces (dv Re-Edit) Average White Band
- Native New Yorker (dv 2018 Re-Edit) Odyssey
Music to dance to
As the time for dancing arrived, this is what I played for Gail, Simon and all their guests. It was a real pleasure to see everyone dancing and enjoying my choices of music:
- Midnight train to Georgia – Live The Privateers <– Gail and Simon’s first dance
- Dancing Queen (DJ Re-Grid) ABBA
- 9 To 5 (DJ Re-Grid) Dolly Parton
- DJ Beats: The Best Tina Turner
- DJ Beats: Jive Talkin’ Bee Gees
- DJ Beats: You Sexy Thing Hot Chocolate
- DJ Beats: I’m In The Mood For Dancing Nolans
- Come On Eileen Dexys Midnight Runners
- DJ Beats: All Night Long (All Night) Lionel Richie
- Never Too Much (DJ Re-Grid) Luther Vandross
- DJ Beats: A Little Respect Erasure
- DJ Beats: Club Tropicana Wham!
- Don’t you want me Human League
- I Feel the Earth Move Carole King
- Last train to London Electric Light Orchestra
- Get Back The Beatles
- Everywhere (DJ Re-Grid) Fleetwood Mac
- We Didn’t Start the Fire Billy Joel
- Got My Mind Set On You George Harrison
- Valerie Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse
- Pencil Full Of Lead Paolo Nutini
- Mamma Mia (DJ Re-Grid) ABBA
- DJ Beats: Boogie Wonderland Earth, Wind & Fire
- I Gotta Feeling Black Eyed Peas
- Jerusalema Master KG Feat. Nomcebo Zikode
- Waka Waka Shakira Feat. Freshlyground
- DJ Beats: Let’s Get Loud Jennifer Lopez
- DJ Beats: Macarena Los Del Rio
- Casper Cha-Cha Slide (Live Platnum Band) Casper & Col’ta
- DJ Beats: Wanna Be Startin’ Somethin’ Michael Jackson
- I Want You Back (DJ Re-Grid) Jackson 5
- Ain’t No Mountain High Enough Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell
- Respect Aretha Franklin
- DJ Beats: Uptown Funk Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
- Where Is My Husband! (DJ Beats) Raye
- I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) (DJ Re-Grid) Whitney Houston
- Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (dv Re-Edit) ABBA
- Copacabana (dv Re-Edit) Barry Manilow
- Man! I Feel Like A Woman! (dv Re-Edit) Shania Twain
- DJ Beats: You Can Call Me Al Paul Simon
- Uptown Girl (DJ Re-Grid) Billy Joel
- Sweet Caroline (DJ Re-Grid) Neil Diamond
- (They Long to Be) Close to You Carpenters
- Dream a little dream Mama Cass
- They Can’t Take That Away from Me Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
- Proud Mary Tina Turner
- Hit The Road Jack Ray Charles
- Midnight train to Georgia – Live The Privateers
Gail and Simon, thank you so much for booking me to help celebrate your big day. It was a real pleasure to DJ for you and your fabulous friends and family.
Wishing you all the best for a wonderful married life.
Brian x