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Evita, Original (Movie) Soundtrack
Disc One:
Track #4, “On This Night of a Thousand Stars” sung by Jimmy Nail - International Tango/Argentine Tango
    A very pretty song, but the beat could be more definite.
Track #6, “Buenos Aires” sung by Madonna - International Samba
    Awesome beat except for the few pauses.
Track #9, “The Lady’s Got Potential” sung by Antonio Banderas - American Swing
    Great melody and beat, but weird dancing to the lyrics.  Also very long.
Track #11, “I’d Be Surprisingly Good For You” sung by Madonna - International Rumba
    Smoky song, but a little short for dancing, with long pauses of un-danceable music.
Disc Two:
Track #12, “Waltz for Eva and Che” - International Viennese Waltz
    Just terrific-- finally a fun Viennese.

Smokey Joe’s Café, Original Broadway Cast
Disc One:
Track #4, “Ruby Baby” - American Swing
Track #13, “Poison Ivy” - American Cha-Cha
Disc Two:
Track #6, “Teach Me How to Shimmy” - American Swing
Track #14, “Love Potion #9” - American Cha-Cha

Steel Pier, Original Broadway Cast
Track #4, “Everybody Dance” - International Quickstep
    Cue to the main singing.  There’s dialogue all over it, but the music is great.
Track #5, “Second Chance” - International Quickstep
    Bright, fun song about learning to dance.
Track #7, “Dance With Me/The Last Girl” - International Quickstep
    Not the strongest beat, but still good.
Track #8, “The Shag” - International Quickstep (go figure!)
    Instrumental.
Track #11, “Wet” - International Quickstep
    Fun song.  Good, clear rhythm.
Track #12, “Harmonica Specialty” - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
    Good, but not very long.
Track #13, “Lovebird” - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
    Very fun, but with pauses.

Steppin’ Out: Astaire Sings, Fred Astaire
*Note: Most of these songs have long intros.
Track #1, “Steppin’ Out With My Baby” - International Quickstep
Track #2, “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” - American (Bronze) Foxtrot
Track #3, “Top Hat, White Tie and Tails” - International Quickstep
Track #5, “Dancing in the Dark” - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
Track #6, “’S Wonderful” - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
Track #8, “They All Laughed” - American (Bronze) Foxtrot
Track #12, “Nice Work if You Can Get It” - American (Bronze) Foxtrot
Track #14, “I Won’t Dance” - American (Bronze) Foxtrot
Track #15, “You’re Easy to Dance With” - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
Track #17, “Cheek to Cheek” - American (Bronze) Foxtrot

Dirty Dancing, Original Soundtrack
Track #1, “(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life” sung by Bill Medley & Jennifer Warnes - Mambo
    Great song, but fast tempo.
Track #2, “Be My Baby” by the Ronettes - American Rumba
Track #4, “Hungry Eyes” sung by Eric Carmen - American Rumba
Track #5, “Stay” by Maurice Williams - American Cha-Cha
    A little slow, but it’s fun.
Track #8, “Hey Baby” by Bruce Channel - American Cha-Cha
Track #9, “Love Is Strange” by Mickey and Sylvia - American Cha-Cha
    Long intro.
Track #11, “Where Are You Tonight?” by Tom Johnston - American Swing
    Great beginner-level slow tempo swing.

More Dirty Dancing
Track #2, “Big Girls Don’t Cry” by Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons - American Cha-Cha
Track #3, “Merengue” - Merengue (obviously)
Track #4, “Some Kind of Wonderful” by The Drifters - American Rumba
Track #5, “Johnny’s Mambo” - Mambo (duh!)
Track #6, “Do You Love Me” by The Contours - American Swing (maybe even Cha-Cha)
Track #10, “De Todo Un Poco” - Mambo
Track #12, “Trot the Fox” - American Foxtrot (oh, come on!)

Four Chords and Several Years Ago, Huey Lewis & the News
Track #1, “Shake, Rattle and Roll” - American Swing
Track #4, “(She’s) Some Kind of Wonderful” - American Swing
Track #8, “Little Bitty Pretty One” - International Jive
    Just fast enough to be over the border.
Track #10, “Stagger Lee” - West Coast Swing
Track #14, “Function at the Junction” - American Cha-Cha
    Funky beat, cool lyrics.

The Mambo Kings, Original Soundtrack
*Note: All of the Mambos on this are pretty fast.
Track #1, “La Dicha Mia” by Celia Cruz - Mambo
Track #2, “Ran Kan Kan” by Tito Puente - Mambo
Track #3, “Cuban Pete” by Tito Puente - International Cha-Cha
Track #5, “Quiereme Mucho” by Linda Ronstadt - International Rumba
Track #6, “Sunny Ray” by the Mambo All-Stars - Mambo
Track #7, “Melao de Cana” by Celia Cruz - International Cha-Cha
Track #8, “Bella Maria De Mi Alma” by Antonio Banderas - Bolero
Track #10, “Perfidia” by Linda Ronstadt - International Rumba
Track #11, “Guantanamera” by Celia Cruz - International Cha-Cha
Track #12, “Tea For Two” by the Mambo All-Stars - International Cha-Cha
Track #14, “Como Fue” by Benny More - International Rumba
Track #16, “Beautiful Maria Of My Soul” by Los Lobos - Bolero

Out to Sea, Original Soundtrack
Track #3, “Cheek to Cheek” sung by Brent Spiner - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
Track #4, “Celebration” (Instrumental) - Hustle
Track #6, “Canadian Sunset” (Instrumental) - American (Bronze) Foxtrot
Track #7, “Oye Como Va” sung by Brent Spiner - American Cha-Cha
Track #8, “Mambo #5” (Instrumental) - Mambo
    Good beginner-level song, very clear beat.
Track #10, “Jumpin’ At The Woodside” (Instrumental)  - International Quickstep
Track #11, “Sway” sung by Brent Spiner - American Cha-Cha
Track #13, “Sea Cruise” (Instrumental) - International Jive
Track #14, “More” by Bobby Darin - International Quickstep

Swing Kids, Original Soundtrack
*Note: The Quickstep songs on this album are not meant for the Ballroom Swing, but the Swing-based Jitterbug and Lindy, which use the much faster tempo.
Track #1, “Sing, Sing, Sing (With A Swing)” by the Benny Goodman Orchestra - International Quickstep
Track #3, “Shout and Feel It” by Count Basie - International Quickstep
Track #6, “Flat Foot Floogee” by Benny Goodman - American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
Track #11, “Life Goes To A Party/Jumpin’ At the Woodside” by Goodman/Basie - International Quickstep
Track #14, “Bei Mir Bist Du Schon” - Moves up in tempo from American (Silver) Foxtrot/International Foxtrot
    to International Quickstep, slows, then goes up again.

And of course, no list would be complete without...

Strictly Ballroom, Original Soundtrack
Track #1, "Love Is In the Air (Ballroom Mix)" by John Paul Young - International Samba
Track #2, "Perhaps Perhaps Perhaps (Quizas Quizas Quizas)" by Doris Day - American Rumba
Track #3, "La Cumparsita/Tango Please (Medley)" - American Tango
Track #4, "Tequila/Sinful Samba (Medley)" - International Samba
Track #5, "Rhumba de Burros" by Ignatius Jones - International Samba
Track #6, "Doug's Tearful Waltz/First Kiss" - International Waltz/American Waltz
Track #7, "Time After Time" by Mark Williams & Tara Morice ("Fran" in the movie) - American Rumba
Track #8, "Standing in the Rain/Scott's Sinful Solo" - International Samba
Track #9, "Yesterday's Hero" by Ignatius Jones - International Jive
    Fast, but a lot of fun.
Track #10, "The Blue Danube" - International Viennese Waltz
    Good, but the syncopations are a little rough on a dancer.
Track #11, "Scott & Fran's Paso Doble" - International Paso Doble
    A Paso, but only barely, as it's written in 6/8 time-- regular Paso is in 4/4 or a faster multiple.