Into the top 30! Some truly classic songs this week – purely for your enjoyment. And be sure to listen to this week’s songs on MixCloud! More after the fold…
As I’ve been DJing since 2007, and have had a pretty steep learning curve in that time, this will probably throw up some bizarre choices and guilty secrets. Where possible, I’ll put in links where you can listen to the tracks.
These are not necessarily my all-time favourite tracks, though it’s probably not far off it, and I can’t promise they’re all the best blues dance tracks ever. They’re just the ones I’ve played the most over the last thirteen years.
I’ve created a Spotify playlist to host all the tracks (or all the ones on Spotify anyway) – so each week, I’ll add the tracks for the week. You can listen to it here!
| Track | Artist | Album | Time | BPM | Plays | |
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| 30 | Feelin’ Good | J.B. Lenoir | Passionate Blues | 3:01 | 114 | 32 |
| Have I mentioned how much I love J.B. Lenoir? This is not a cover of the Nina Simone classic. It’s more of a joyful, gorgeously danceable damning indictment of materialism. Blues can be complex. Probably my favourite Lenoir song. Listen on Spotify |
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| 29 | Come on a my house | Julie London | Ultra-Lounge: Wild Cool & Swingin | 2:57 | 107 | 32 |
| Slow sensual – good for slightly more challenging dances. Listen on Spotify |
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| 28 | Feeling Good | Nina Simone | Movie Killers | 2:53 | 79 | 33 |
| A spine-tingling incredible classic song. Someone once tried to convince me that the Michael Bublé version of this song was better. That person is dead to me. Listen on Spotify |
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| 27 | Blues in C Sharp Minor | Teddy Wilson / Chu Berry | Classic Chu Berry Columbia and Victor Sessions | 3:24 | 101 | 34 |
| Boring title. Gorgeously slow building haunting blues. I never tire of it. Listen on Spotify |
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| 26 | Your Heart Is As Black As Night | Melody Gardot | My One and Only Thrill | 2:42 | 72 | 35 |
| The number of slow end-of-the-evening songs I have in this list suggest that I’ve played more evening ends than anything else. But they’re all so great! Listen on Spotify |
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| 25 | Right and Wrong | Asylum Street Spankers | God’s Favorite Band | 4:47 | 71 | 35 |
| I think what sold me on this song was the line: “I ain’t got no problem with Buddha – ‘cos he’s a huge Nirvana Fan”… but it’s a great song, going back and forth from slow build-ups to great crescendos… classic Spankers. Listen on Spotify |
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| 24 | Peel Me a Grape | Diana Krall | Love Scenes | 5:53 | 88 | 35 |
| Gorgeous song, with funny yet high-maintenance vocals. Listen on Spotify |
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| 23 | Kiddio | John Lee Hooker | Chill Out (Remastered) | 3:11 | 109 | 37 |
| Infectiously cheerful courting song – that just gets into my head, and won’t let go. It’s hard to listen to this just the once. Listen on Spotify |
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| 22 | Bad Spell Blues | Ottilie Patterson With Chris Barber’s Jazz Band | Blues Book and Beyond | 4:00 | 56 | 37 |
| The first Ottilie Patterson song I ever heard – and still the greatest. This song sends shivers up and down my spine every time I hear it. Listen on Spotify |
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| 21 | I Love the Life I Live | Buddy Guy | Blues Singer | 2:46 | 101 | 38 |
| There’s a lot of great versions of this song. This one stands out for me though, especially for dancing – the economy of it, the wonderful guitar rhythms… Buddy Guy’s singing – it just comes together. Listen on Spotify |
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