Playlist
La-La-La - Direct Latin Influence
La Llave - Grupo Latin Vibe
El Verdadero Son - Estrellas Caiman*
Bamboleo - Fania All-Stars with Celia Cruz*
Perico Macona - Sabor Con Angel Canales*
Mentirosa - Louie Ramirez & Ray De La Paz
Tiene Sabor - Henry Fiol*
Pa' Huele - Eddie Palmieri* (1)
Babarabatiri - Willie Rosario
Buenas Noches Che Che - Tito Rodriguez*
El Que Se Fue - Roberto Roena Y Su Apollo Sound*
Noche De Salsa - Louie Ramirez (2)
La Paella - Jose Alberto "El Canario"*
Hay Craneo - Bobby Valentin*
Coro Miyare - Fania All Stars* (3)
Cao Cao Mani Picao - Tito Puente
Mambo Diablo - Tito Puente (50s version)*
Gotas De Lluvia - El Gran Combo
Periodico De Ayer - Hector Lavoe
Anuncio Clasificado - Willie Rosario
Usted Abuso - Celia Cruz & Willie Colon
Abandonada Fue - Orchestra Harlow* (4)
Bachata - not sure… put on by Danie
Otra Oportunidad - Jimmy Bosch
Perdoname - Gilberto Santa Rosa
Total songs played during social = 25 songs. I played 24 songs, including 1 Cha Cha (1 new) and 23 Salsa (11 new). I am not completely sure about the song order - had to re-write it from memory. [note added later: one song was out of sequence and corrected.]
(1) I hadn't planned on playing a Cha Cha so early except some new guy requested one (either that or a Bachata). I thought it would work better to play a Cha Cha after a fairly fast song like Tiene Sabor rather than what was going to be a series of medium-paced songs to follow. The only weak part of the decision was that the dance floor was somewhat empty already and Cha Cha did not help.
(2) Another unplanned song. I was considering avoiding this song altogether tonight, but as a birthday song for Sally it made sense. Not too fast. Not too long (~5 minutes although Sergio later said he would have preferred a shorter song). And everyone knows the song so they would feel comfortable jumping in.
(3) This was way too fast. If I were to play it next, I might want to try slowing it down by 10%.
(4) I asked Sergio if he had a request as by this time there were not many people around. Very slow song.
It had been a while since I was the DJ (last time was April 27) so I refrained from dancing and concentrate on DJing to start with. I ended up dancing a bit later on to Periodico De Ayer, Abandona Fue and Otra Oportunidad.
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