Disco Party Music, Old School Party Songs

Some of the best party music is disco and old school! Disco is the ultimate dance music and old school falls right into the same category. A lot of people might say they are SICK of disco, but the truth is, if these songs start blasting, they are gonna get out there and dance to it, ha ha!

boogie nights heatwave
boogie oogie oogie a taste of honey
boogie shoes kc & the sunshine band
(shake, shake, shake) shake your booty kc & the sunshine band
apache ( jump on it ) sugar hill gang
atomic dog george clinton - This is one of the most popular Old School Party Music tunes!
bad girls donna summer
best of my love emotions
brick house commodoresdancing queen abba
dazz brick
disco inferno trammps
do it good taste of honey
can't get enough of your love, babe barry white
car wash rose royce
cutie pie one way
dance with me peter brown
don't leave me this way thelma houston
don't stop till you get enough michael jackson - Michael is just GOOD party music!
You can't go wrong with him!
double dutch bus frankie smithfunkytown lipps, inc.
genius of love tom tom club
get down on it kool & the gang
get down tonight kc & the sunshine band
fantastic voyage lakeside
five minutes of funk whodini
flashlight parliament
forget me nots patrice rushen
get off foxy
good time tonight kool & the gang
good times chic - Chic is a super popular Disco Party Music band,but...
hot stuff donna summer - ...THIS artist is the epitome of disco! and there's one
more band, coming up!
i love the nightlife alicia bridges
i will survive gloria gaynor
if i can't have you yvonne elliman
got to be real cheryl lynn
got to give it up (part 1) marvin gaye
grooveline heatwave
heart of glass blondie
i'm coming out diana ross
i'm your boogie man kc & the sunshine band
jungle boogie kool & the ganglady marmalade labelle
last dance donna summer
last night a dj saved my life indeep
le freak chic
mandolay la flavour
megamix zapp & roger
more bounce to the ounce zapp
more, more, more (pt.1) andrea true connection
night fever bee gees - Okay two more bands! When it comes to disco Party Music, you
can't go wrong with the bee gees!
one more shot c-bank
stay with me tonight jeffery osborne
stayin' alive bee gees
stomp brothers johnson
swoop (i'm yours) dazz band
keep it comin' love kc & the sunshine band - This isn't even a super popular disco
song but it is one of my favorite party songs! And KC & the Sunshine band would be
the second disco band I wanted to mention.
knock on wood amii stewart
kung fu fighting carl douglas
ladies night kool & the gang
let it whip dazz band
love come down (12'' mix) evelyn champagne kingoutstanding gap band
play that funky music wild cherry
rapper's delight sugar hill gang
ring my bell anita ward
rock the boat hues connection
rock with you michael jackson
rubberband man spinners
rumors timex social club
september earth, wind & fire
shake your booty kc & the sunshine band
shake your groove thing peaches & herb
shame evelyn champagne king
she's a bad mama jama carl carlton
love rollercoaster ohio players
love train o' jays
low rider war
let the music play shannon
let's groove tonight earth, wind & fire
shining star earth, wind & fire - This band kind of transcends the lines between old
school and disco party music.
white lines grand master flash
you make me feel like dancing leo sayer
you should be dancing bee gees
singasong earth, wind & firetake your time (do it right) sos band
that's the way (i like it) kc & the sunshine band
too hot kool & the gang
turn the beat around vicki sue robinson
turn your love around george benson
upside down diana ross
we are family sister sledge
you're the first, last, everything barry white

This list will be great for you to party to. If you have a disco party coming up, then BAM! you're set. This disco party music list will keep everyone, well, partying!

Party Music Categories and Genres

Below you will find some party music categories and genres . These will be broken down for you so you can decide which styles relate to your celebration. Most likely, there will be many categories that you want to include, and that would be spectacular! The more variety you have, the better

Latin: Mucho gusto! And so many sub-categories I can't even name them. Okay, I can so here goes...Cumbias (slower, groovier, cowbell-ier), Reggaeton (most popular, almost like latin rap), Salsas (standard swingy-type dance music), Merengues (mucho rapido, very fast, rockin' and movin'!), Bachatas (like a mix between Salsas and Cumbias, but bouncier), Rancheras/Nortena (Scream at the top of your lungs, "Ahhyeeeeeeeeaaahhh!!!"), and finally Rock En Espanol (like 80's new wave in Spanish).

Country: Yee-haw. Garth Brooks, Tim McGraw, Faith Hill...get yer sh*#-kickers on.

Alternative/New Wave: Dropping older songs with good beats from Depeche Mode, New Order, and the B-52's make the baby boomers move their feet.
Top 40 Rap: This would be the most current rap out there. As of 2010, artists like Kanye West, Ludacris, and Lil Wayne are on the charts.

Top 40 Pop: Ugh, huge category here, but it's any new songs that people dance to. Pink, Britney Spears, and even Miley Cyrus (for the tween-agers) fit in here. This category could also include alternative bands such as All-American Rejects and A Simple Plan and even Paramore (yes, people do dance to those bands).

And there are even more Top 40 categories, but we'll stick to the fun songs and genres. You know, the PARTY MUSIC! We'll be skipping dinner type music like AC (Adult Contemporary) and Vocal Jazz (Sinatra, Dean Martin, Etc) although these will work fine for the meal or when the guests first arrive.

Rock: Come on...feel the noize. Guns N' Roses, AC/DC, Def Leppard fill out the older section while newer rockers such as Daughtry, Fall Out Boy, Thrice, and Avenged Sevenfold jam up this group.

Motown: Doo-wop your way across the dance floor to The Four Tops, The Temptations, and Diana Ross (pre-Upside Down, boy you turn me) and the Supremes. Even Little Michael with the Jacksons fall in line here.

Oldies: Twist and shout to the Beatles, Chubby Checker, Little Richard, and the like. This is a fun genre that can be thrown in as a "twist" LOL once in a while.

Big Band: Sure you could play In The Mood by Glenn Miller, but newer artists swept the nation in the late 90's (Thank you, "Swingers") like Big Bad VooDoo Daddy, Blue Plate Special, and Brian Setzer's comeback with his Orchestra.

House/Techno/Rave: I know, these are three completely separate genres with their own multitude of sub-categories, but we're talking about a party music playlist, not a "Drop the bass on your head" 2000 person Rave-stravaganza! Sandstorm by Darude, Zombie Nation, and The Launch are still popular at weddings.

Dance: Prince, Madonna, and Michael Jackson are your early dance artists. Nowadays you've got Lady Gaga and The Black Eyed Peas putting out the hits. This is a fairly broad category that reaches into many of the categories listed below, but for our purposes, we'll try to keep this category as narrow as possible.

Disco: Flashback to the late 1970's! Artists like Donna Summer, The Bee Gees, and KC and the Sunshine Band fit into this music category. Very danceable, but some standards may be a little too played out (read Celebration by Kool and the Gang).

Old School: This music genre is very similar to disco and some songs even cross over into Old School. Songs like Atomic Dog, Electric Kingdom, and Rapper's Delite fall under this umbrella. A lil mo' funky, fo sho!

Rap: This category breaks down into a couple of niches: Old school rap is similar to Rapper's Delite mentioned above and also includes 80's rap like Bust A Move and It Takes Two. 90's rap, like Back to da Hotel and the campy Ice, Ice Baby land here. And there's Gangsta Rap from the likes of Tu Pak Shakur, Ice Cube, Ice T , and anyone else with "Ice" in their name.

And Finally, Group Dances: I know, gack! But people still like the Chicken Dance and the Macarena (although I would avoid these like health care reform). The Cha Cha Slide and the Cupid Shuffle are newer and still fun, though.

So, there you have it. The Many genres and some very brief descriptions of what we as DJ's have to go through as we put together set lists. Many of these categories you can skip, simply because you don't want them at your wedding and that's just fine. But, the more variety you have the more people you will please. Sure, one couple might get up to dance to a latin song, but it doesn't mean you have to play 3 latin songs in a row! I've seen DJ's play a song for one couple and they danced for all of 2 minutes then walked off the floor. This pro DJ faded out the song and changed genres right then and there. There are more exceptions to the golden rule and I'll discuss other tips and tricks for creating the perfect party music playlist in the future. Until then!

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