Superior Dancing
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Superior Dancing is a series of compilation CD albums dedicated to ballroom dance
s released by Kondor Musikvertrieb GmbH, Germany
. They contain music for International Style ballroom dance
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Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
s released by Kondor Musikvertrieb GmbH, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
. They contain music for International Style ballroom dance
Ballroom dance
Ballroom dance refers to a set of partner dances, which are enjoyed both socially and competitively around the world. Because of its performance and entertainment aspects, ballroom dance is also widely enjoyed on stage, film, and television....
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Superior Dancing
1994, CONdisc 101028- "Jean" – 2:52 David HasselhoffDavid HasselhoffDavid Michael Hasselhoff is an American actor, singer, producer and businessman. He is best known for his lead roles as Michael Knight in the popular 1980s US series Knight Rider and as L.A. County Lifeguard Mitch Buchannon in the series Baywatch...
(Waltz) - "Annabelle" – 2:28 Gunter Kallmann Chor (Waltz)
- "See the Day" – 4:34 D.C. Lee (Waltz)
- "Sugarbush" – 1:58 Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
(Quickstep) - "S'Wonderful" – 2:26 Ray ConniffRay ConniffJoseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
(Quickstep) - "Happiness Is" – 2:11 Ray Conniff (Quickstep)
- "Let's Love" – 2:43 Johnny MathisJohnny MathisJohn Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
(Foxtrot) - "Sometimes I'm Happy" – 3:02 Ray Conniff (Foxtrot)
- "A Guy is a GuyA Guy Is a Guy"A Guy Is a Guy" is a popular song written by Oscar Brand. It was published in 1952.The song originated in a British song, "I Went to the Alehouse ," dating from 1719...
" – 2:41 Doris Day (Foxtrot) - "Wilkommen In Der Traumfabrik" – 4:16 Dirk BuschDirk BuschDirk Busch is a German professor, singer, songwriter, composer, and music producer....
(Tango) - "Under the Bridges of ParisUnder the Bridges of Paris"Under the Bridges of Paris" is a 1931 popular song with music written by Vincent Scotto, the original French lyrics by Jean Rodor, and English lyrics by Dorcas Cochran....
" – 2:38 Eartha KittEartha KittEartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, actress, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby." Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the...
(Vienesse Waltz) - "True LoveTrue Love (song)"True Love" is a popular song written by Cole Porter and was published in 1956.The song was introduced by Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly in the musical film High Society. The Crosby–Kelly version, accompanied by Johnny Green's MGM studio orchestra using a romantic arrangement by Conrad Salinger, was...
" – 3:06 Johnny MathisJohnny MathisJohn Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
(Waltz) - "Emily" – 2:24 Andy WilliamsAndy WilliamsHoward Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
(Waltz) - "I'm Still in Love with You" – 3:30 Johnny Mathis (Rumba)
- "Time and Tide" – 4:00 Basia (Rumba)
- "Your Stepped Out of a Dream" – 3:30 Johnny Mathis (Rumba)
- "Paso Dobles Sol y Mar-Medley" – 5:35 Luis Cobos (Paso-Doble)
- "Paso Dobles Populares-Medley" – 7:55 Luis Cobos (Paso-Doble)
- "Po Las Calles De Madrid" – 2:48 Luis Cobos (Paso-Doble)
- "Scarborough FairScarborough Fair"Scarborough Fair" is a traditional ballad of the United Kingdom.The song tells the tale of a young man, who tells the listener to ask his former lover to perform for him a series of impossible tasks, such as making him a shirt without a seam and then washing it in a dry well, adding that if she...
" – 4:17 Peter HofmannPeter HofmannPeter Hofmann was a German tenor who had a successful performance career within the fields of opera, rock, pop, and musical theatre. He first rose to prominence in 1976 as a heldentenor at the Bayreuth festival where he drew critical acclaim for his performance of Siegmund in Richard Wagner's Die...
(Waltz)
Superior Dancing, volume 2
1995- "Moving On" – 2:38 (30 MPM) Musical Goya, Seiku Matsuda (Waltz)
- "Noel" – 2:59 (30 MPM) Andy WilliamsAndy WilliamsHoward Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
(Waltz) - "Crazy World" – 3:14 (29 MPM) Johnny MathisJohnny MathisJohn Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
(Waltz) - "Go On By" – 2:29 (53 MPM) Alma CoganAlma CoganAlma Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era...
(Quickstep) - "Thoroughly Modern Millie" – 2:00 (52 MPM) Eric Winestone Orchestra (Quickstep)
- "Summertime" – 1:51 (27 MPM) Ray ConniffRay ConniffJoseph Raymond Conniff was an American bandleader and arranger best known for his Ray Conniff Singers during the 1960s.-Biography:...
(Foxtrot) - "Bye Bye BluesBye Bye Blues (song)"Bye Bye Blues" is a popular and jazz standard written by Fred Hamm, Dave Bennett, Bert Lown, and Chauncey Gray and published in 1930.The year it was introduced it was sung by The Vikings on the NBC radio series, The Vikings. It has been recorded by many artists, but the best-known recording is one...
" – 2:36 (30 MPM) Andy WilliamsAndy WilliamsHoward Andrew "Andy" Williams is an American singer who has recorded 18 Gold- and three Platinum-certified albums. He hosted The Andy Williams Show, a TV variety show, from 1962 to 1971, as well as numerous television specials, and owns his own theater, the Moon River Theatre in Branson, Missouri,...
(Foxtrot) - "Just Walking in the Rain" – 2:22 (27 MPM) Johnnie RayJohnnie RayJohnnie Ray was an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Popular for most of the 1950s, Ray has been cited by critics as a major precursor of what would become rock and roll, for his jazz and blues-influenced music and his animated stage personality.-Early life:John Alvin Ray was born in...
(Foxtrot) - "I Will Wait For You" – 2:48 (29 MPM) Andy Williams (Foxtrot)
- "Die Feinen Damen" – 3:32 (34 MPM) Rainhard FendrichRainhard FendrichRainhard Jürgen Fendrich is an Austrian singer, composer, entertainer, and actor. He is one of the most successful Austropop musicians. His lyrics are written in Viennese German, and he is very popular in Austria, but less in other German-speaking countries, and by far less known in non-German...
(Tango) - "Tango D'Amour" – 3:33 (31 MPM) Vicky LeandrosVicky LeandrosVicky Leandros is a Greek singer with a long international career. She is the daughter of singer, musician and composer Leandros Papathanasiou...
(Tango) - "Noche De Reyes" – 2:46 (30 MPM) Don Diego Orchestra (Tango)
- "My Heart Makes Boom Bang a Bang" – 2:25 (60 MPM) LuluLulu (singer)Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
(Vienesse Waltz) - "Lolita" – 4:06 (33 MPM) Tony McKenzie (Cha-Cha)
- "Quizás, Quizás, QuizásQuizás, Quizás, Quizás"Quizás, Quizás, Quizás" , is a popular song by Cuban songwriter Osvaldo Farres. Farrés wrote the original Spanish lyrics, as well as composing the 1947 hit...
" – 2:14 (30 MPM) Doris DayDoris DayDoris Day is an American actress, singer and, since her retirement from show business, an animal rights activist. With an entertainment career that spanned through almost 50 years, Day started her career as a big band singer in 1939, but only began to be noticed after her first hit recording,...
(Cha-Cha) - "Camino Verde" – 3:28 (26 MPM) Eydie GormeEydie GorméEydie Gormé is an American singer, specializing, with her husband, Steve Lawrence, in traditional pop music, in the form of ballads and breezy swing. She has earned numerous awards, including the Grammy and the Emmy...
(Rumba) - "One Step Closer to Love" – 3:35 (40 MPM) George McCraeGeorge McCraeGeorge McCrae is an American soul and disco singer, most famous for his 1974 hit "Rock Your Baby".-Early life and career:...
(Jive) - "Foolish" – 4:36 (30 MPM) Johnny MathisJohnny MathisJohn Royce "Johnny" Mathis is an American singer of popular music. Starting his career with singles of standards, he became highly popular as an album artist, with several dozen of his albums achieving gold or platinum status, and 73 making the Billboard charts...
(Waltz) - "Bon Soir" – 2:39 (30 MPM) Musical Goya, Plácido DomingoPlácido DomingoPlácido Domingo KBE , born José Plácido Domingo Embil, is a Spanish tenor and conductor known for his versatile and strong voice, possessing a ringing and dramatic tone throughout its range...
(Waltz) - "Two Socks at Play" – 1:59 John Barry Orchestra (Waltz)
Superior Dancing, volume 3
1996- "The Tip Of My Fingers" – Des O´Conner (Waltz)
- "Under the Bridges of Paris" – Dean MartinDean MartinDean Martin was an American singer, film actor, television star and comedian. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made of This", "That's Amore", "Everybody Loves Somebody", "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You", "Sway", "Volare" and "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?"...
(Waltz) - "The Blue Canadian Rockies" – Karl MoikKarl MoikKarl Moik is an Austrian television presenter and singer.- Life :Moik became famous in Austria and Germany as the television presenter of Musikantenstadl on Austrian broadcaster ORF...
(Waltz) - "Higher Than the Mountains" – Jack Jersey (Waltz)
- "More" – Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
(Foxtrot) - "The Girl from IpanemaThe Girl from Ipanema"Garota de Ipanema" is a well-known bossa nova song, a worldwide hit in the mid-1960s that won a Grammy for Record of the Year in 1965. It was written in 1962, with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Portuguese lyrics by Vinicius de Moraes. English lyrics were written later by Norman Gimbel.The...
" – Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
(Foxtrot) - "Der Liebling von allen" – Vittorio (Foxtrot)
- "The Desert Song" – Billy May Orchestra (Foxtrot)
- "On the Sidewalks of New York" – Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
(Viennese Waltz) - "Isn't Life Wonderful" – Alma CoganAlma CoganAlma Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era...
& Les Howard (Viennese Waltz) - "Kleine Lucienne" – Conny Froboes (Viennese Waltz)
- "Noches de estrelitas" – Hugo Strasser Orchestra (Tango)
- "El Choclo" – Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
(Tango) - "Tanze mit mir in den Morgen" – Hugo Strasser Orchestra (Tango)
- "Vom festen Grundsatz zum lockeren Mädchen" – Mary & Gordy (Tango)
- "Heut' ist Spatzenkonzert" – Hugo Strasser Orchestra (Quickstep)
- "Twenty Tiny Fingers" – Alma CoganAlma CoganAlma Cogan was an English singer of traditional pop music in the 1950s and early 1960s. Dubbed "The Girl With the Laugh/Giggle/Chuckle In Her Voice", she was the highest paid British female entertainer of her era...
(Quickstep) - "In the Good Old Summertime" – Nat King ColeNat King ColeNathaniel Adams Coles , known professionally as Nat King Cole, was an American musician who first came to prominence as a leading jazz pianist. Although an accomplished pianist, he owes most of his popular musical fame to his soft baritone voice, which he used to perform in big band and jazz genres...
(Quickstep) - "Frau'n, Frau'n. Frau'n" – Mary & Gordy (Quickstep)
- "March of the Mods" – Joe Los Orchestra (March)
Superior Dancing, volume 4
1997- "Sunrise Sunset" – 3:36 (30 MPM) Perry ComoPerry ComoPierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
(Waltz) - "Hi-Lili-Hi-Lo" – 2:35 (29 MPM) Richard ChamberlainRichard ChamberlainGeorge Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...
(Waltz) - "Scotty Boy" – 3:37 (29 MPM) Peter, Sue & Marc (Waltz)
- "Night and Day" – 3:39 (30 MPM) Dionne WarwickDionne WarwickDionne Warwick is an American singer, actress and TV show host, who became a United Nations Global Ambassador for the Food and Agriculture Organization, and a United States Ambassador of Health....
(Foxtrot) - "I Love You Because" – 2:45 (28 MPM) Jim Reaves (Foxtrot)
- "Close To You" – 3:15 (25 MPM) Perry ComoPerry ComoPierino Ronald "Perry" Como was an American singer and television personality. During a career spanning more than half a century he recorded exclusively for the RCA Victor label after signing with them in 1943. "Mr...
(Foxtrot) - "Pariser Tango" – 2:49 (30 MPM) Mireille MathieuMireille MathieuMireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
(Tango) - "Hor Mein Lied Violetta" – 2:25 (33 MPM) Orchestra Bela Sanders (Tango)
- "Flying" – 2:30 (52 MPM) Nice Little Penguins (Quickstep)
- "Zieh' Mit Dem Wind" – 3:34 (60 MPM) Roland KaiserRoland KaiserRoland Kaiser is a schlager singer-songwriter from Germany. He is one of the most successful German speaking schlager-singers.- Biography :...
(Viennese Waltz) - "Tea For Two" – 3:08 (28 MPM) Tommy Dorsey Orchestra (Cha Cha)
- "Las Caderas de tu Amor" – 3:13 (34 MPM) ChocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
(Cha Cha) - "Bahama Mama" – 3:15 (32 MPM) Boney MBoney MBoney M. is a Eurodisco group created by German record producer Frank Farian. Originally based in Germany, the four original members of the group's official line-up were Jamaicans Liz Mitchell and Marcia Barrett, Maizie Williams from Montserrat and Bobby Farrell from Aruba...
(Cha Cha) - "Chaka Chaka" – 3:23 (30 MPM) Rosanna Rocci (Cha Cha)
- "Mort De Gana" – 3:08 (54 MPM) ChocolateChocolateChocolate is a raw or processed food produced from the seed of the tropical Theobroma cacao tree. Cacao has been cultivated for at least three millennia in Mexico, Central and South America. Its earliest documented use is around 1100 BC...
(Samba) - "Con El Corazon" – 3:39 (56 MPM) Los Del RioLos del RíoLos Del Rio, also known as "The Del Rios," was a Spanish Latin dance group formed in 1992 and broke up in mid-2007. They were best known by their smash-hit and hot dance single Macarena originally released in early 1994. The song peaked at the Hot Dance Singles and Billboard 200 by mid-1994. The...
(Samba) - "Hit The Road Jack" – 3:14 (40 MPM) Buster Poindexter (Jive)
- "Good Morning Judge" – 3:37 (48 MPM) Buster Poindexter (Jive)
- "Smack Dab in the Middle" – 3:52 (32 MPM) Buster Poindexter (Jive)
- "20th Century Fox Fanfare" – 4:22 National Philharmonic OrchestraNational Philharmonic OrchestraThe National Philharmonic Orchestra was a British orchestra created exclusively for recording purposes. It was founded by RCA producer Charles Gerhardt and orchestra leader / contractor Sidney Sax due in part to the requirements of the Reader's Digest-History:...
, Charles GerhardtCharles Gerhardt (conductor)Charles Allan Gerhardt was a conductor, record producer, and arranger.-Early years:Gerhardt grew up in Little Rock, Arkansas, where he studied the piano at age five and composition at age nine...
, conductorConductingConducting is the art of directing a musical performance by way of visible gestures. The primary duties of the conductor are to unify performers, set the tempo, execute clear preparations and beats, and to listen critically and shape the sound of the ensemble...
(Fanfare)
Superior Dancing, volume 5
1998- "Tennessee Waltz" – 3:03 (30 MPM) Patti PagePatti PageClara Ann Fowler , known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records...
(Waltz) - "TammyTammy (song)"Tammy" is a popular song with music by Jay Livingston and lyrics by Ray Evans. It was published in 1957 and debuted in the film Tammy and the Bachelor. It was nominated for the 1957 Academy Award for Best Original Song....
" – 3:13 (26 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Waltz) - "Around The WorldAround the World (1956 song)"Around the World" was the theme tune from the 1956 movie Around the World in 80 Days It never actually featured with the lyrics in the Around the World in Eighty Days film, but it is the vocal version which has by far become the better known...
" – 2:23 (33 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Waltz) - "There Goes My Everything" – 2:52 (29 MPM) Engelbert HumperdinckEngelbert Humperdinck (singer)Engelbert Humperdinck is a British pop singer, best known for his hits including "Release Me " and "After the Lovin'" as well as "The Last Waltz" .-Early life:...
(Waltz) - "Der Walzer des Sommers" – 3:27 (29 MPM) AlexandraDoris NefedovAlexandra was the stage name of German singer Doris Nefedov, maiden name Treitz .-Biography:Doris Treitz was born in Heydekrug, Memelland . Due to Flight and expulsion of Germans during and after WWII, her mother had to take her and her two elder sisters to the West...
(Waltz) - "Adios Amigo" – 2:21 (29 MPM) Sascha Distel (Waltz)
- "Kriminal Tango" – 3:29 (32 MPM) Hazy Osterwald Sextett (Tango)
- "Que Sera, Sera" – 2:27 (60 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Viennese Waltz) - "September In The Rain" – 2:07 (29 MPM) Dinah WashingtonDinah WashingtonDinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
(Foxtrot) - "I Will Wait For You" – 3:05 (27 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Foxtrot) - "Put The Blame On Mame" – 2:47 (29 MPM) Viktor LazloViktor LazloViktor Lazlo is a French-Belgian singer of Grenadian and Martiniquan descent. She studied in Belgium, where she is primarily known. Her biggest hit was "Breathless" in 1987...
(Foxtrot) - "Snowbird" – 2:23 (52 MPM) Bert Kaempfert Orchestra (Quickstep)
- "La Gente" – 1:58 (56 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Samba) - "Yo Se" – 2:09 (56 MPM) Connie FrancisConnie FrancisConnie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
(Samba) - "Quien Sere (Sway)" – 1:51 (33 MPM) Connie Francis (Cha Cha)
- "Never On Sunday" – 2:40 (32 MPM) Connie Francis (Cha Cha)
- "Aquellos Ojos Verde (Green Eyes)" – 2:37 (29 MPM) Connie Francis (Rumba)
- "Solamente Una Vez (You Belong To My HeartYou Belong to My Heart"You Belong to My Heart" is the name of an English language version of the Mexican Bolero song "Solamente una vez" which means "Only One Time". "Solamente una vez" was written and originally sung by the Mexican songwriter Agustín Lara...
)" – 2:44 (28 MPM) Connie Francis (Rumba) - "Quiereme Mucho (Yours)" – 2:51 (30 MPM) Connie Francis (Rumba)
- "Beso De Fuego" – 2:34 Connie Francis
- "Malaguena" – 3:03 Connie Francis
Superior Dancing, volume 6
1998- "All Kinds of Everything" – 3:00 (33 MPM) Dana (Waltz)
- "Stay In My Life" – 5:00 (30 MPM) Gerard JolingGerard JolingGerard Jan Joling is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Known for his high tenor voice, he rose to fame in the late 80's and released a string of singles including "Ticket to the Tropics", "Love is in your Eyes", and his biggest hit, "No more boleros", a song that reached the top 10 in...
(Waltz) - "Look to the Rainbow" – 2:45 (30 MPM) Dinah WashingtonDinah WashingtonDinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
(Waltz) - "Alleghany Moon" – 2:51 (25 MPM) Patti PagePatti PageClara Ann Fowler , known by her professional name Patti Page, is an American singer, one of the best-known female artists in traditional pop music. She was the best-selling female artist of the 1950s, and has sold over 100 million records...
(Waltz) - "Three Stars Will Shine On You" – 2:39 (25 MPM) Richard ChamberlainRichard ChamberlainGeorge Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...
(Waltz) - "Nocturne" – 3:11 (26 MPM) Secret GardenSecret Garden (duo)Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland...
(Waltz) - "Agatha" – 3:12 (31 MPM) Nino FerrerNino FerrerNino Ferrer was a famous French – Italian singer, actor and jazz musician.- From prehistory to jazz :...
(Tango) - "Exstasy" – 2:27 (31 MPM) Stanley Black Orchestra (Tango)
- "Spul uns dem Tango" – 3:35 (30 MPM) Dirk BuschDirk BuschDirk Busch is a German professor, singer, songwriter, composer, and music producer....
(Tango) - "Rot ist dein Mund" – 2:40 (31 MPM) Roy BlackRoy Black (singer)Roy Black was a German schlager singer and actor, who appeared in several musical comedies and starred in the 1989 TV series, Ein Schloß am Wörthersee....
(Tango) - "Elisabeth-Serenade" – 2:44 (52 MPM) Gunter-Kallmann Chor (Viennese Waltz)
- "Tulpen aus Amsterdam" – 2:03 (60 MPM) Orchestra Bela Sanders (Viennese Waltz)
- "I Hadn't Anyone Till You" – 1:57 (30 MPM) Richard ChamberlainRichard ChamberlainGeorge Richard Chamberlain is an American actor of stage and screen who became a teen idol in the title role of the television show Dr. Kildare .-Early life:...
(Foxtrot) - "Singin' in the Rain" – 2:54 (33 MPM) Gene KellyGene KellyEugene Curran "Gene" Kelly was an American dancer, actor, singer, film director and producer, and choreographer...
(Foxtrot) - "You Make Me Feel So Young" – 2:51 (29 MPM) Rosemary ClooneyRosemary ClooneyRosemary Clooney was an American singer and actress. She came to prominence in the early 1950s with the novelty hit "Come On-a My House" written by William Saroyan and his cousin Ross Bagdasarian , which was followed by other pop numbers such as "Botch-a-Me" Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 –...
(Foxtrot) - "Tijuana Taxi" – 2:40 (48 MPM) Bert Kaempfert Orchestra (Quickstep)
- "Medley" – 5:16 (50 MPM) Joe Loss Orchestra (Quickstep)
- "Passing Strangers" – 2:37 (23 MPM) Sarah VaughanSarah VaughanSarah Lois Vaughan was an American jazz singer, described by Scott Yanow as having "one of the most wondrous voices of the 20th century."...
, Hal MooneyHal MooneyHal Mooney was an American composer and arranger, born Harold Mooney on 4 February 1911, in Brooklyn, New York. He died on 23 March 1995, in Los Angeles, California.-Early life and career:...
, and the Billy Eckstine Orchestra
Superior Dancing, volume 7
1999- "Walzer der Liebe" – (31 MPM) Mireille MathieuMireille MathieuMireille Mathieu is a French chanteuse, and pop singer. Hailed in the French press as the successor to Édith Piaf, she has achieved great commercial success, recording over 1200 songs in nine different languages, with more than 120 million records sold worldwide.-Childhood to early...
(Waltz) - "Love Theme from Romeo & Juliet" – (26 MPM) Henry ManciniHenry ManciniHenry Mancini was an American composer, conductor and arranger, best remembered for his film and television scores. He won a record number of Grammy Awards , plus a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously in 1995...
(Waltz) - "The Girl With the Sun in her Hair" – (28 MPM) John BarryJohn Barry (composer)John Barry Prendergast, OBE was an English conductor and composer of film music. He is best known for composing the soundtracks for 12 of the James Bond films between 1962 and 1987...
(Waltz) - "Serenade to Spring" – (30 MPM) Secret GardenSecret Garden (duo)Secret Garden is an award-winning Irish-Norwegian duo playing New Instrumental Music, also sometimes erroneously known as Neo-classical music.Secret Garden features the Irish violinist Fionnuala Sherry and the Norwegian composer/pianist Rolf Løvland...
(Waltz) - "Dreams Are Made for Children" – (26 MPM) Ella FitzgeraldElla FitzgeraldElla Jane Fitzgerald , also known as the "First Lady of Song" and "Lady Ella," was an American jazz and song vocalist...
(Waltz) - "Hallelulja" – (34 MPM) Milk and HoneyMilk and Honey (group)Milk and Honey was an Israeli singing group consisting of Re'uven Gvitrz, Shmulik Bilu and Yehuda Tamir. The group performed with Gali Atari at the Eurovision Song Contest 1979, where they won with the song, "Hallelujah". Their track peaked in the UK Singles Chart at #5 in April 1979. They made...
(Foxtrot) - "King of the Road" – (30 MPM) Roger MillerRoger MillerRoger Dean Miller was an American singer, songwriter, musician and actor, best known for his honky tonk-influenced novelty songs...
(Foxtrot) - "A White Sport Coat" – (29 MPM) Marty RobbinsMarty RobbinsMartin David Robinson , known professionally as Marty Robbins, was an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist...
(Foxtrot) - "My Cup Runneth Over" – (28 MPM) Des O'ConnorDes O'ConnorDes O'Connor, CBE is an English comedian and singer. A former talkshow host, he was the presenter of the long-running Channel 4 gameshow Countdown for two years...
(Waltz) - "Is You Is or Is You Ain't" – (35 MPM) Dinah WashingtonDinah WashingtonDinah Washington, born Ruth Lee Jones , was an American blues, R&B and jazz singer. She has been cited as "the most popular black female recording artist of the '50s", and called "The Queen of the Blues"...
(Foxtrot) - "Sleepwalker's Serenade" – (30 MPM) Count BasieCount BasieWilliam "Count" Basie was an American jazz pianist, organist, bandleader, and composer. Basie led his jazz orchestra almost continuously for nearly 50 years...
(Foxtrot) - "Autumn Leaves" – (20 MPM) Bert KaempfertBert KaempfertBert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...
(Blues) - "One Morning in May" – (26 MPM) Bert KaempfertBert KaempfertBert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...
(Foxtrot) - "Time on My Hands" – (28 MPM) Bert KaempfertBert KaempfertBert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...
(Foxtrot) - "Noche de estrellas" – (32 MPM) Malando (Tango)
- "A media luz" – (32 MPM) Malando (Tango)
- "Medley" – (52 MPM) Joe LossJoe LossJoshua Alexander "Joe" Loss LVO OBE was a British musician and founder of the Joe Loss Orchestra.-Life:Loss was born in Spitalfields, London, the youngest of four children. His parents, Israel and Ada Loss, were Russian Jews and first cousins. His father was a cabinet-maker who had an office...
(Quickstep) - "Du & Du – (60 MPM) Max Greger (Viennese Waltz)
- "Rosen aus dem SüdenRosen aus dem SüdenRosen aus dem Süden , Op. 388, is a waltz medley composed by Johann Strauss II in 1880 with its themes drawn from the operetta Das Spitzentuch der Königin inspired by a novel by Heinrich Bohrmann-Riegen.The waltz was first performed at the regular Sunday concerts of the Strauss Orchestra conducted...
" – (60 mpm) Max Greger (Viennese Waltz)
Superior Dancing, volume 8
1999- "In Private" – 4:20 (33 MPM) Dusty SpringfieldDusty SpringfieldMary Isobel Catherine Bernadette O'BrienSources use both Isabel and Isobel as the spelling of her second name. OBE , known professionally as Dusty Springfield and dubbed The White Queen of Soul, was a British pop singer whose career extended from the late 1950s to the 1990s...
(Cha-Cha) - "Cachito" – 4:16 (33 MPM) Roberto BlancoRoberto BlancoRoberto Blanco , was born 7 June 1937 in Tunis, Tunisia. Of Afro-Cuban origin, Blanco is a German-speaking Schlager singer and actor.-Early life:...
(Cha-Cha) - "Agadou" – 3:22 (32 MPM) Saragossa Band (Cha-Cha)
- "Wonderful Life" – 4:46 (28 MPM) Black (Rumba)
- "No More Bolero's" – 4:11 (28 MPM) Gerard JolingGerard JolingGerard Jan Joling is a Dutch singer and television presenter. Known for his high tenor voice, he rose to fame in the late 80's and released a string of singles including "Ticket to the Tropics", "Love is in your Eyes", and his biggest hit, "No more boleros", a song that reached the top 10 in...
(Rumba) - "Por Tu Amor Yo Daria" – 4:40 (22 MPM) Roberto BlancoRoberto BlancoRoberto Blanco , was born 7 June 1937 in Tunis, Tunisia. Of Afro-Cuban origin, Blanco is a German-speaking Schlager singer and actor.-Early life:...
(Rumba) - "Come Closer To Me" – 2:55 (31 MPM) Mike SammesMike SammesMichael William "Mike" Sammes was an English musician and vocal session arranger, performing backing vocals on pop music recorded in the UK from 1955 to the 1970s.-Career:...
Singers & Edmundo RosEdmundo RosEdmundo William Ros OBE was a Trinidadian musician, vocalist, arranger and bandleader who made his career in Britain. He directed a highly popular Latin American orchestra, had an extensive recording career and owned one of London's leading nightclubs.- Life :Ros was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad...
(Rumba) - "La Vie En Rose" – 7:21 (46 MPM) Grace JonesGrace JonesGrace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
(Samba) - "Marinero" – 3:10 (50 MPM) Roberto BlancoRoberto BlancoRoberto Blanco , was born 7 June 1937 in Tunis, Tunisia. Of Afro-Cuban origin, Blanco is a German-speaking Schlager singer and actor.-Early life:...
(Samba) - "Moliendo Café" – 3:21 (55 MPM) Roberto Blanco (Samba)
- "All Night Long (All Night)" – 4:13 (59 MPM) Saragossa Band(Samba)
- "Chattanooga Choo Choo" – 3:03 (46 MPM) Taco (Jive)
- "In The Mood" – 3:13 (50 MPM) Taco (Jive)
- "Pennsylvania 6-5000" – 3:33 (38 MPM) Taco (Jive)
- "Tuxedo Junction" – 3:32 (36 MPM) Taco (Jive)
- "En El Mundo" – 2:07 (56 MPM) Orquestra Espanola con Castanuelas (Paso Doble)
- "Pepita Creus" – 3:40 (56 MPM) Orquestra Espanola con Castanuelas (Paso Doble)
- "Suspiros de Espana" – 3:34 (58 MPM) Orquestra Espanola con Castanuelas (Paso Doble)
- "El Gato Montes" – 1:58 (65 MPM) Orquestra Espanola con Castanuelas (Paso Doble)
- "Islas Canarias" – 2:18 (64 MPM) Orquestra Espanola con Castanuelas (Paso Doble)