Cathy booked me at the end of 2018 for her 50th Wedding anniversary at the National Hilton hotel in Cobham,Surrey. Some friends of the family who play in a band were to start the evening off with a mixture of oldies and modern,they call themselves New Town.They played until about 8.30pm then it was my turn until they returned for another session.
Graham(Cathy's ) husband had sent me a lovely list of songs from different eras to get there guests on the dance floor including The Kalin Twins and When,which Showaddy Waddy covered in the Seventies.Other tracks included,
True love ways Buddy Holly
Paint it black Rolling Stones
Up Town Girl Billy Joel
Come on Eileen Dexy’s midnight runners
I want to dance the night away Mavericks
Hero (I need a) Bonnie Tyler
Sex on Fire Kings of Leon
Standing on the edge Take That
The flood Take that
Twist again Chubby Checker
Sunny afternoon Kinks
Build me up buttercup Foundations
Reach out Four Tops
Sweet Caroline Neil Diamond
Staying alive Bee Gees
All you need is love Beatles
Love goes where my Rosemary goes Edson Lighthouse
Thriller Michael Jackson
Happy Pherell Williams
Wake me up before you go go Wham
Dancing in the dark Bruce Springsteen
A little respect Erasure
Going to the chapel of love The Dixie Cups
Love is all around Wet Wet Wet
Five hundred miles Proclaimers
It’s raining men Geri Halliwell
I’m a believer Monkeys
Amarillo Tony Christie
She’s got it Little Richard
She’s got it Little Richard
YMCA Village People
Top of the world Carpenters
Dancing on the ceiling Lionel Richie
Rubber ball Bobby Vee
Night fever Bee Gees
Believe Cher
Sit down James
The Gambler Kenny Rogers
Everybody’s changing Keane
Take me out Franz Ferdinand
All about the bass Meghan Trayner
Feel it still Portugal the man
Radio Ga Ga Queen
Thank you for the music Abba
Can’t hurry love Phil Collins
The Hokey Cokey Black Lace
You look good on the dance floor Arctic Monkeys
Come outside Mike Sarne/Wendy Richards
Goodbye Mr A The hoosiers
Worried about ray The hoosiers
When the sun goes down Arctic monkeys
R U mine Arctic monkeys
The less I know the better Tame impala
Somebody told me The killers
Another brick in the wall Pink Floyd
Hey ya! Outkast
Can’t stop the feeling Justin Timberlake
Footloose Kenny Loggins
One way or another Blondie
Shut up and dance walk the moon
Lots of others were played which guests came up and asked requests,i played my second set from just gone 10pm until midnight ending with a trio of The Foundations-Build me up buttercup,James-Sit down and Niel Diamond's classic Sweet Caroline.A long evening had ended and the last of the guests departed to their cabs or rooms at the Hotel.