These tapes have been certain to rile any crowd up into a dancing frenzy. Just witness these scenes of crazed madness:
Al's Party Classics
From 1985 to 1992, I had a large Fourth of July Party every year featuring
"Al-Burgers," "Liberty Dogs" and plentiful door prizes. The
party tradition resumed in Seattle in 1997.
But uniformly, the greatest reaction came to the new edition of Al's Party Classics
tapes. The song selection was a well-guarded secret until the debut each year.
These tapes have been certain to rile any crowd up into a dancing frenzy. Just witness
these scenes of crazed madness:
So without further ado, the songs on these tapes are:
| Al's Party Classics, Vol. 1 (debuted in Phoenix
circa 1985) I heard it through the Grapevine Cover me Kodachrome Head over Heals You ain't Seen Nothing Yet Tears of a Clown Another Saturday Night Devil with the Blue Dress on/Good Golly Miss Molly Jenny Take a Ride Soul Man Everybody Wang Chung Tonight St. Elmo's Fire Last Train to Clarksville Cadillac Ranch We Got the Beat You might think Let's Go You can't Hurry Love/Stop in the Name of Love A.B.C./I want You Back All She Wants to do is Dance Sussusudio Dancing in the Street Tempted Moondance |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 6 (Louisville, 1990) Sweet Soul Music Dance to the Music Ain't too Proud to Beg Get Off My Cloud/Satisfaction Great Ball of Fire Burnin' Love Jailhouse Rock Daytripper/Eight Days a Week Locomotion Let's Dance Red Skies Veronica Wild Wild West Pop Song '89 I Melt with You Batdance Wipeout Jump Venus Get Up & Go Tequila Wooly Bully IKO IKO Time won't Let me Paper in Fire/Crumblin' Down Ramblin' Gamblin Man Traveling Band Dynamite Here comes the Weekend Fun, Fun, Fun Nobody by Me Pretty Woman Save the Last Dance for Me |
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| Al's Party Classics, Vol. 2 (debuted in
Bloomington, 1986) Should I stay or Should I go? Rock the Casbah What I like about you Trains in Vain New York, New York Good Lovin' I saw her standing there Twist & Shout Twisting by the Pool Double shot of my Baby's Love Louie, Louie Wild Thing Quarter to Three We're Having a Party Hungry Heart (live) Mony, Mony Rock 'n' Roll Music Rockin' & Reelin' You Really Got Me Always something there to remind me My Generation Hello, I love you /Touch Me And She Was Hawaii 50 Theme Monkees Theme Rockin' Robin Crocodile Rock My Sharona Mack the Knife King Tut |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 7 (Louisville 1991) Little Bit o' Soul (Music Explosion) Shout Shout (Ernie Maresca) Viva Las Vegas (Bruce) Hot, Hot, Hot (Buster Poindexter) I Feel Good (James Brown) Roam (B 52s) Wig (B 52s) This Little Girl (Gary U.S. Bonds) Talk to Me (Southside Johnny) What's that Noise? (Nervous Melvin & The Mistakes) Shoop Shoop Song (Cher) Doctor, Doctor (Robert Palmer) Rock & A Hard Place (Rolling Stones) Mixed Emotions (Rolling Stones) Good Thing (Fine Young Cannibals) She Drives Me Crazy (Fine Young Cannibals) California Sun (The Rivieras) The Way That You Love Me (Paula Abdul) Opposites Attract (Paula Abdul) Pink Cadillac (Natelie Cole) |
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| Al's Party Classics, Vol. 3 (debuted in Owensboro,
circa 1987) Shake it up Surfin' USA/Good Vibrations Bad moon Rising Come Back/ Land of 1,000 Dances Wind Me Up Walk Like an Egyptian/In a Different Light We Should be Sleeping China Grove Born to Be Wild Living in the C-I-T-Y Get it On (Bang a Gong) Some like it Hot I Didn't Mean to Turn You On Dancing in the Dark And We Danced/Day By Day Lonely Old Night Come as you are/Can't Get Started Walk of Life I'm Just a Sing (in a Rock 'n Roll Band) Every Little Thing She Does is Magic Werewolves of London |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 8 (Wenatchee, 1991) Love Shack (B52s) Lucky Town (Bruce) Desire (U2) I Can't Explain (The Who) I Wish I Had a Girl (Henry Lee Summer) No Business (Bonnie Raitt) House of the Rising Sun (Tracy Chapman) Glamour Boys (Living Colour) The Bitch is Back (Tina Turner) Who's Making Love? (Blues Bros.) Do You Wanna Dance (Del Shannon) Johnny B. Goode (Chuck Berry) Brown Eyed Girl (Van Morrison) Domino (Van Morrison) I Got You Babe (Sonny & Cher) Hanky Panky (Madonna) Straight Up (Paula Abdul) It's About Time (The Reivers) Just Like Heaven (The Cure) In Your Room (The Bangles) It's the End of the World as We Know it and I Feel Fine (R.E.M.) Raspberry Beret (Hindu Love Gods) I'm Not Waiting (Chris Isaak) All or Nothing at All (Bruce) The Weather is Here, Wish You Were Beautiful (Jimmy Buffett) Margaritaville (Jimmy Buffett) It's Now or Never (Paul McCartney) Love Me Do (The Beatles) This Old Man (Bob Dylan) |
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| Al's Party Classics, Vol. 4 (Sarasota, circa 1988) Hazy Shade of Winter You Can Call Me Al La Bomba Modern Love I want to Dance with Somebody Dancing with Myself Tainted Love/Hourglass Heartache all over the World Shakin/Engine 999 Rock Lobster Batman Gimme Some Lovin' Tossin' & Turnin' Money (That's what I want) Twisting the Night Away Stand By me Shamma Lamma Ding Dong Shout Paradise By the Sea Brown Sugar Lonely at the Top Respect I Think We're Alone Now Vacation Runaway Secret Agent Man |
Al's Party Classic, Vol 9, (debuted
Seattle 1997)
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| Al's Party Classics, Vol. 5 (Louisville, circa
1989) Old Time Rock 'N Roll Simply Irresistible Tall Cool One Wishing Well Dance Little Sister 1999/ Red Corvette What You Need New Sensation Blinded my With Science Safety Dance Magic Carpet Ride "Cause I'm a Blonde Wild, Wild Life Do You Love Me? Be My baby Hey Baby Boom Boom Jumpin' Jack Flash Pink Cadillac R.O.C.K. in the USA Celebration Dancing Machine The Love you save The Way you make me feel Caribbean Queen Get out of my Dreams Blueberry Hill |
Al's Party Classic, Vol 10, (debuted
Seattle 2002)
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Al's Party Classic, Vol 11, (debuted Seattle 2002)
| 1 | Summer of Love | The B52s |
| 2 | Semi Charmed Life | Third Eye Blind |
| 3 | Fly Away | Lenny Kravitz |
| 4 | Learn to Fly | Foo Fighters |
| 5 | Murder (or a Heart Attack) | Old '97s |
| 6 | Gloria's Eye | Bruce Springsteen |
| 7 | Life on a chain | Pete Yorn |
| 8 | Miss Missy | John Mellencamp |
| 9 | Consequence Free | Great Big Sea |
| 10 | Out of Habit | BR5-49 |
| 11 | The House is Rockin' | Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| 12 | The Dirty Boogie | The Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| 13 | Barflies at the Beach | Royal Crown Revue |
| 14 | Hodoo Vodoo Doll | Brian Setzer Orchestra |
| 15 | Go Daddy-O | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
| 16 | I like to move it move it | Reel 2 Reel |
| 17 | Mambo #5 | Lou Bega |
| 18 | Go Walking Down There | Chris Isaak |
| 19 | The Bug | Dire Straits |
| 20 | You Wreck Me | Tom Petty |
| 21 | The Old Apartment | Barenaked Ladies |
| 1 | Alive Again | Trey Anatascio |
| 2 | I wanna be like you | Big Bad Vodoo Daddy |
| 3 | My Favorite Game | Cardigans |
| 4 | Peaceful World | John Mellencamp |
| 5 | New York, New York | Ryan Adams |
| 6 | Beautiful Day | U2 |
| 7 | Boom Boom in the Zoom Zoom Room | Blondie |
| 8 | A Pessimist is Never Disappointed | theaudience |
| 9 | Waltz #2 (xo) | Eliott Smith |
| 10 | Boom Boom Boom | Iquanas |
| 11 | My Love Will Not Let you Down | Bruce Springsteen |
| 12 | Sheep Go To Heaven | Cake |
| 13 | Secret of the Sea | Billy Bragg & Wilco |
| 14 | No Rain | Blind Melon |
| 15 | Raspberry Beret | Hindu Love Gods |
| 16 | I'm a Rocker | Bruce Springsteen |
| 17 | Real World | Matchbox 20 |
| 18 | Sex and Candy | Marcy Playground |
| 19 | Someday | Sugar Ray |
| 20 | Cy Young | Dan Bern |
| 21 | Fred Meyers | Glen Phillips |
Sarah's Party Classics Vol. 12 was created by Sarah Anne Moore in 2003. (setlist to come)
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 13. (debuted in Seattle 2004)
| 1 | Are You Gonna Go My Way | Lenny Kravitz |
| 2 | I'm Crying | Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers |
| 3 | Barrel of a Gun | Guster |
| 4 | Rebel Rebel | David Bowie |
| 5 | Lust for Life | Iggy Pop |
| 6 | Complicated | Poi Dog Pondering |
| 7 | Clocks | Coldplay |
| 8 | Fire Escape | Fastball |
| 9 | Hey Ya! | Outkast |
| 10 | Strawberry Letter 22 | Brothers Johnson |
| 11 | Alaska Highway | Dan Bern |
| 12 | Lion's Den | Bruce Springsteen |
| 13 | Kryptonite | 3 Doors Down |
| 14 | It's All Been Done | Barenaked Ladies |
| 15 | Soak Up the Sun [Remix] | Sheryl Crow |
| 16 | Murder on the Dancefloor | Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
| 17 | Montana | Venus Hum |
| 18 | Intuition | Jewel |
| 19 | Party Out of Bounds | The B-52's |
| 20 | Mary's Place | Bruce Springsteen |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 14 (debuted in Seattle 2005)
| 1 | Let's Get It Started | Black Eyed Peas |
| 2 | Ocean | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
| 3 | The Bumpin' Uglies Song | Spookie Daly Pride |
| 4 | Catch My Disease | Ben Lee |
| 5 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes |
| 6 | All the Way Home | Bruce Springsteen |
| 7 | My Hero | Foo Fighters |
| 8 | Bad Day | R.E.M. |
| 9 | Closer to Free | BoDeans |
| 10 | Nobody's Here Anymore | John Fogerty |
| 11 | Particle Man | They Might Be Giants |
| 12 | Sammy's Bat | Dan Bern |
| 13 | Shoebox | Barenaked Ladies |
| 14 | Another Travelin' Song | Bright Eyes |
| 15 | Brown Eyed Blues | Ben Harper |
| 16 | Rush [New York City Club Version] | Big Audio Dynamite II |
| 17 | I Feel Love | Blue Man Group |
| 18 | Soul Sloshing | Venus Hum |
| 19 | Goodbye to You | Scandal |
Al's Party Classics Vol 15. Eclectic Songs (debuted in Seattle 2006)
| 1 | Viva Las Vegas | Bruce Springsteen |
| 2 | Settle For Love | Joe Ely |
| 3 | Get a Haircut | George Thorogood & the Destroyers |
| 4 | Engine 999 | The Hooters |
| 5 | Miss Missy | John Mellencamp |
| 6 | The Bumpin' Uglies Song | Spookie Daly Pride |
| 7 | What's that Noise | Nervous Melvin & the Mistakes |
| 8 | Alaska Highway | Dan Bern |
| 9 | It's About Time | The Reivers |
| 10 | Murder (Or a Heart Attack) | Old 97's |
| 11 | Closer to Free | BoDeans |
| 12 | Twisting By The Pool (remix) | Dire Straits |
| 13 | Wilbury Twist | The Traveling Wilburys |
| 14 | I Feel Love | Blue Man Group |
| 15 | Montana | Venus Hum |
| 16 | Hanky Panky (Bare Bones Single Mix) | Madonna |
| 17 | Ocean | The Mighty Mighty Bosstones |
| 18 | I Wanna Be Like You | Big Bad Voodoo Daddy |
| 19 | Clambake | Dudley Manlove |
| 20 | Delta Dawn | Me First and the Gimme Gimmes |
| 21 | Double Shot (Of My Baby's Love) | The Swingin' Medallions |
| 22 | Having a Party | Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 16 (scheduled for release in 2011)
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 17 The 70s (debuted 2007)
| 1 | Joy to the World | Three Dog Night |
| 2 | Rebel Rebel | David Bowie |
| 3 | Born to Run | Bruce Springsteen |
| 4 | The Letter | Joe Cocker |
| 5 | Wild Night | Van Morrison |
| 6 | Low Rider | War |
| 7 | Crocodile Rock | Elton John |
| 8 | Kodachrome | Paul Simon |
| 9 | Rockin' Robin | The Jackson 5 |
| 10 | Nothing from Nothing | Billy Preston |
| 11 | Lady Marmalade | Labelle |
| 12 | Stayin' Alive | The Bee Gees |
| 13 | December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night) | The Four Seasons |
| 14 | Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) | Sly & the Family Stone |
| 15 | Play That Funky Music | Wild Cherry |
| 16 | Tush | ZZ Top |
| 17 | School's Out | Alice Cooper |
| 18 | Rock and Roll, Hoochie Koo | Rick Derringer |
| 19 | Rock and Roll All Nite | Kiss |
| 20 | Time Warp | Naughty By Nature |
| 21 | Paradise by the Dashboard Light | Meat Loaf |
Al's Party Classics, Vol 18 The 80s (debuted 2008)
| 1 | Call Me | Blondie |
| 2 | Rock this Town | Stray Cats |
| 3 | And We Danced | The Hooters |
| 4 | Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield |
| 5 | 867-5309-Jenny | Tommy Tutone |
| 6 | Hot Hot Hot | Buster Poindexter |
| 7 | Bang the Drum All Day | Todd Rundgren |
| 8 | Pink Cadillac | Bruce Springsteen |
| 9 | I Melt With You | Modern English |
| 10 | Rock The Casbah | The Clash |
| 11 | Love Shack | The B-52's |
| 12 | My Sharona | The Knack |
| 13 | What I like about you | The Romantics |
| 14 | Blister in the Sun | Violent Femmes |
| 15 | Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash |
| 16 | Good Girls Don't | The Knack |
| 17 | My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) | Chilliwack |
| 18 | Come on Eileen Dexys | Midnight Runners |
| 19 | Always Something There to Remind Me | Naked Eyes |
| 20 | Just a Gigolo- I Ain't Got Nobody | David Lee Roth |
Al's Party Classics, Vol. 19 The 90s (debuted 2009)
| 1 | Are You Gonna Go My Way | Lenny Kravitz | |
| 2 | Lump | The Presidents of the United States of America | |
| 3 | You Wreck Me | Tom Petty | |
| 4 | My Love Will Not Let You Down | Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band | |
| 5 | Hey Jealousy | Gin Blossoms | |
| 6 | Closer to Free | BoDeans | |
| 7 | One Week | Barenaked Ladies | |
| 8 | The Bug | Dire Straits | |
| 9 | Good Stuff | The B-52's | |
| 10 | Raspberry Beret | Hindu Love Gods | |
| 11 | No Rain | Blind Melon | |
| 12 | House of Bamboo | Southern Culture On The Skids | |
| 13 | Wild Night | John Mellencamp | |
| 14 | Mambo No. 5 | Lou Bega | |
| 15 | Jump Jive an' Wail | The Brian Setzer Orchestra | |
| 16 | I Like It (Like That) | The Blackout Allstars | |
| 17 | Groove Is in the Heart | Deee-Lite | |
| 18 | What Is Love | Haddaway | |
| 19 | Jump | Kris Kross | |
| 20 | I Like to Move It | Reel 2 Real | |
| 21 | Gonna Make You Sweat (Everybody Dance Now) | C+C Music Factory |
Clearly, though, some people should not be let out on the dance floor.
So just what do you have to say? Drop me a line: alan@albabe.com
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