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Here Are Some Tips For Hiring a DJ
and Music Selection Choices

 TIPS FOR HIRING A DJ

There are a lot of disc jockey companies in the New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut area. Most people that want to book DJ entertainment for their party usually shop for the cheapest price. However, not all DJ companies are the same; therefore we have listed several important points to consider before hiring a Disc Jockey for your party.

1. Experience: Most customers don’t realize how important that can be.  The more experience they have, the more you can sit back and enjoy your event because you know everything will be handled by a true professional.

2. Personality/Interactive: Every party is different. Some people want a DJ who has a lot of energy and is fun. Others want low-key affairs. This is something to consider before you speak to a DJ. You also should make it clear to the DJ what you would like at your event.

3. Training: Here are some questions to ask before you hire a DJ. How long has your DJ been in this line of work?  Do they constantly keep up on today’s trends and go to meetings/conventions to make your event more fun and exciting?  These questions are important because the more you know, the more you can make an educated decision.

4. Music Library: Ask your DJ what kinds of music they carry. Is it just recent music, or all types of genres?  It’s important to know this because you need to make sure they are the right DJ for your event. For example, you hire a club DJ to do a 50th birthday.  Does the DJ have appropriate music to do this event?

5. Equipment: Each DJ company carries different types of equipment. No two DJ’s are the same.  As a customer, you may want to ask if the DJ has an integrated back up system, should a problem arise, this gives you peace of mind.

6. Contracts: We can't stress enough how important it is to have a written contract with your DJ. You don't want to become one of those people who have horror stories about how their DJ canceled a booking at the last minute. A contract assures your DJ Company will be there at a specific place at a specific time.

7. References: We recommend you ask for references from previous clients or better yet, make an appointment with the DJ. Most DJ's have references in a form of a questionnaire they send to their clients after the party is finished, or a letter they receive from the clients. In most cases those letters appear in a book or on their walls in their offices so you can see for yourselves.

8. Dress Code: Appearance is everything. Our DJ's, unless told otherwise, show up in formal wear. If you are having a more casual event, please let us know.

9. Liability Insurance: We are fully insured. Most reception halls require that the DJ have liability insurance. Insurance is mutually beneficial for you and your DJ. For example, a guest accidentally trips, breaking the sound system or the DJ accidentally breaks something, both parties are covered and no one has to sue for damages.



Top Wedding Songs

These are the most requested songs, but there are many others. Ask your DJ.

First Dance music: First dance as husband and wife.

  • Unforgettable (Nat King Cole)

  • Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)

  • Can I Have This Dance? (Ann Murray)

  • The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)

  • It Had To Be You (Harry Connick, Jr.)

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

  • Endless Love (Diana Ross and Lionel Richie)

  • I Cross My Heart (George Strait)

  • I Swear (John M. Montgomery or All 4 One)

  • A Whole New World (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle)

  • As Time Goes By (A Kiss Is Just A Kiss) (Michael Feinstein)

  • When You Say Nothing At All (Allison Krauss)

  • Faithfully (Journey)

  • No Ordinary Love (Sade)

  • Here And Now (Luther Vandross)

  • I Can Love you Like That (John M. Montgomery)

  • Power Of Love (Celine Dion)

  • Tonight I Celebrate My Love (Roberta Flack & Peabo Bryson)

  • Everything I Do {I Do For You} (Bryan Adams)

  • When A Man Loves A Woman (Percy Sledge or Michael Bolton)

  • All My Life (Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville)

  • I'll Be There (Mariah Carey)

  • On Bended Knee (Boyz II Men)

  • At Last (Etta James)

  • Don't Know Much (Linda Ronstadt & Aaron Neville)

  • From This Moment On (Shania Twain)

  • Our Love Is Here To Stay (Harry Connick, Jr.)

  • Unchained Melody (The Righteous Brothers)

Father/Daughter music: The dance between the new bride and her father.

  • My Girl (The Temptations)

  • Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Gigi)

  • Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)

  • Unforgettable (Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole)

  • The Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)

  • My Dad (Paul Petersen)

  • Hero (Mariah Carey)

  • Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)

  • Times of Your Life (Paul Anka)

  • A Song For My Daughter (Steve Moser, Mikki Viereck, Ray Allaire)

  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)

  • The Way You Look Tonight (Frank Sinatra)

  • Have I Told You Lately (Rod Stewart)

  • Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)

  • My Heart Will Go On (Celine Dion)

  • Have I Told You Lately (Van Morrison)

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

  • Through The Years (Kenny Rogers)

  • Daddy's Hand (Holly Dunn)

  • Daddy's little Girl (Kippi Brannon)

  • Daddy's Girl (Peter Cetera)

  • Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof - Sndtrk)

  • Lullabye (Billy Joel)

  • A Whole New World (Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle)

  • How Do You Fall In Love (Alabama)

  • Isn't She Lovely (Stevie Wonder)

  • Landslide (Fleetwood Mac)

  • Thank Heaven For Little Girls (Gigi)

  • Father's Eyes (Amy Grant)

  • Friends (Elton John)

  • In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)

Mother/Son music: The dance between the husband and his mother.

  • Don't Know Much (Linda Rondstadt and Aaron Neville)

  • Butterfly Kisses (Bob Carlisle)

  • I.O.U (Jimmy Dean)

  • Moon River (Andy Williams)

  • Moon Dance (Van Morrison)

  • 'Til The End Of Time (Perry Como)

  • Through The Years (Kenny Rogers)

  • Have I Told You Lately (Rod Stewart)

  • Because You Loved Me (Celine Dion)

  • Just The Way You Are (Billy Joel)

  • Unforgettable (Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole)

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstong)

  • In This Life (Bette Midler)

  • You're The Inspiration (Chicago)

  • Wind Beneath My Wings (Bette Midler)

  • Friends (Elton John)

  • Wishing Tree (Sonia Dada)

  • Blessed (Elton John)

  • Hero (Mariah Carey)

  • In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)

  • A Song For My Son (Steve Moser, Mikki Viereck, Ray Allaire)

  • Sunrise, Sunset (Fiddler On The Roof - Sndtrk)

  • In My Life (The Beatles)

  • Ever I Saw Your face (Roberta Flasck)

  • Greatest Love Of All (Whitney Houston)

  • I Wish You Love (Natalie Cole)

  • Thanks Again (Ricky Skaggs)

  • Stand By Me (Ben E. King)

Bridal Party Dances music: The dance including the Bride & Groom, Bridesmaids & Groomsmen, and family members.

  • That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends: Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder)

  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)

  • Friends In Low Places (Garth Brooks)

  • We Are Family (Sister Sledge)

  • Friends (Elton John)

  • Heroes and Friends (Randy Travis)

  • In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)

  • Celebration (Kool & The Gang)

Cutting The Cake music: Played while the Bride & Groom cut the cake.

  • Cut the Cake (Average White Band)

  • I Wanna Grow Old With You (Adam Sandler)

  • How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)

  • Sugar, Sugar (The Archies)

  • Hit me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)

  • When I'm 64 (The Beatles)

  • Recipe For Love (Harry Connick Jr.)

  • That's Amore' (Dean Martin)

  • Happy Together (The Turtles)

  • Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard)

  • I Got You Babe (Sunny & Cher)

  • Love & Marriage (Frank Sinatra)

  • Oh Yeah! (Yello)

  • Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer)

  • Peter Gunn Theme 

Garter And Bouquet Toss music: Played during the bouquet toss and garter toss.

  • The Stripper (David Rose)

  • Legs (ZZ Top)

  • You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)

  • Oh Yeah! (Yello)

  • Macho Man (Village People)

  • Theme From Mission Impossible (Danny Elfman)

  • Wild Thing (The Troggs or Tone Loc)

  • Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)

  • Bad Boys (Inner Circle)

  • Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)

  • Curly Shuffle (Jump n' The Saddle)

  • Kiss (Prince)

  • Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)

  • Gimme All Your Lovin' (ZZ Top)

  • Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)

  • Freak Me (Silk)

  • Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen)

  • Heaven (Bryan Adams)

  • U Can't Touch This (MC Hammer)

  • Shameless (Garth Brooks)

  • *Girls Night Out (The Judds)

  • *Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)

  • *Whipped Cream {Dating Game Theme} (Herb Alpert)

Last Dance music: The last song of the night for the Bride & Groom and their remaining guests.

  • Last Dance (Donna Summer)

  • New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)

  • Good Riddance {Time Of Your Life} (Green Day)

  • From This Moment On (Shania Twain & Bryan White)

  • Save The Best For Last (Vanessa Williams)

  • Wonderful Tonight (David Kersh)

  • Could I Have This Dance (Anne Murray)

  • You're Still The One (Shania Twain)

  • Closing Time (Semisonic)

  • Unforgettable (Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole)

  • I've Had The Time Of My Life (Bill Medly & Jennifer Warnes)

  • How Your Love Makes Me Feel (Diamond Rio)

  • Goodnight, Sweetheart (David Kersh)

  • The Party's Over (Nat King Cole)

  • Goodnight Sweetheart (Spaniels)

  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)

  • The Dance (Garth Brooks)

  • Truly, Madly, Deeply (Savage Garden)

  • Always And Forever (Heatwave)
 

TOP 200 SONGS


1   Ac/Dc   You Shook Me All Night Long
2   Abba   Dancing Queen
3   B-52's   Love Shack
4   Morrison, Van   Brown Eyed Girl
5   Outkast   Hey Ya!
6   Lynyrd Skynyrd   Sweet Home Alabama
7   Def Leppard   Pour Some Sugar On Me
8   Black Eyed Peas   Let's Get It Started
9   Sister Sledge   We Are Family
10   Kool & The Gang   Celebration
11   Clapton, Eric   Wonderful Tonight
12   Commodores   Brick House
13   Bee Gees   Stayin' Alive
14   Sir Mix-A-Lot   Baby Got Back
15   Usher Feat. Ludacris & Lil' Jon   Yeah
16   Lonestar   Amazed
17   Village People   Y.M.C.A.
18   James, Etta   At Last
19   Diamond, Neil   Sweet Caroline
20   Beatles   Twist And Shout
21   Black Eyed Peas   My Humps
22   Righteous Brothers   Unchained Melody
23   Sinatra, Frank   The Way You Look Tonight
24   Bon Jovi   Livin' On A Prayer
25   Temptations   My Girl
26   Wild Cherry   Play That Funky Music
27   Brooks, Garth   Friends In Low Places
28   Nelly   Hot In Herre
29   Rascal Flatts   Bless The Broken Road
30   Foundations   Build Me Up Buttercup
31   50 Cent   In Da Club
32   Dj Casper   Cha Cha Slide
33   Armstrong, Louis   What A Wonderful World
34   Buffett, Jimmy   Margaritaville
35   Seger, Bob   Old Time Rock & Roll
36   Presley, Elvis   Can't Help Falling In Love
37   Dexy's Midnight Runners   Come On Eileen
38   Big & Rich   Save A Horse (Ride A Cowboy)
39   Lauper, Cyndi   Girls Just Want To Have Fun
40   West, Kanye Feat. Jamie Foxx   Gold Digger
41   Grandmaster Slice   Electric Slide
42   Vanilla Ice   Ice Ice Baby
43   Kc & The Sunshine Band   Get Down Tonight
44   Beyonce Feat. Jay-Z   Crazy In Love
45   Loggins, Kenny   Footloose
46   Jones, Norah   Come Away With Me
47   Aerosmith   I Don't Want To Miss A Thing
48   Gaye, Marvin   Let's Get It On
49   Rednex   Cotton Eye Joe
50   Checker, Chubby   The Twist
51   Stefani, Gwen   Hollaback Girl
52   Sean Paul   Temperature
53   Mcgraw, Tim With Faith Hill   It's Your Love
54   Pink   Get The Party Started
55   Romantics   What I Like About You
56   Franklin, Aretha   Respect
57   U2   Beautiful Day
58   Gaynor, Gloria   I Will Survive
59   Timberlake, Justin   Sexyback
60   Jackson, Michael   Billie Jean
61   Ciara Feat. Missy Elliott   1, 2 Step
62   Prince   Kiss
63   Travolta, John & Olivia Newton-John   Grease
64   Sinatra, Frank   Fly Me To The Moon
65   House Of Pain   Jump Around
66   Green, Al   Let's Stay Together
67   Cheap Trick   I Want You To Want Me
68   Sorta Crackers Band   Chicken Dance
69   Krauss, Alison   When You Say Nothing At All
70   Violent Femmes   Blister In The Sun
71   Cole, Natalie Nat King Cole   Unforgettable
72   Adams, Bryan   Everything I Do
73   Brooks & Dunn   Boot Scootin' Boogie
74   Ub40   Red Red Wine
75   Shakira Feat. Wyclef Jean   Hips Don't Lie
76   Jackson, Michael   Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough
77   Adams, Bryan   Summer Of '69
78   Queen   Crazy Little Thing Called Love
79   White, Barry   Can't Get Enough Of Your Love, Babe
80   Hot Chocolate   You Sexy Thing
81   Lifehouse   You And Me
82   Taylor, James   How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
83   Tone Loc   Wild Thing
84   Young M.C.   Bust A Move
85   Connick, Jr., Harry   It Had To Be You
86   Black Eyed Peas   Pump It
87   Pussycat Dolls   Don't Cha
88   Aguilera, Lil' Kim, Mya & Pink, Christina   Lady Marmalade
89   Urban, Keith   Making Memories Of Us
90   Simon & Garfunkel   Cecilia
91   Eagles   Hotel California
92   Journey   Faithfully
93   Stewart, Rod   Have I Told You Lately
94   Springfield, Rick   Jessie's Girl
95   Kc & The Sunshine Band   Shake, Shake, Shake
96   Madonna   Holiday
97   Weather Girls   It's Raining Men
98   White, Barry   You're The First, The Last, My Everything
99   Timberlake, Justin   Rock Your Body
100   Earth, Wind & Fire   September
101   Furtado, Nelly Feat. Timbaland   Promiscuous
102   Rihanna   S.O.S. (Rescue Me)
103   Smith, Will   Switch
104   Martin, Dean   That's Amore
105   Los Del Rio   Macarena
106   Outkast Feat. Sleepy Brown   The Way You Move
107   Aerosmith   Walk This Way
108   K-Ci & Jojo   All My Life
109   50 Cent   Candy Shop
110   Jackson 5   Abc
111   Bega, Lou   Mambo No. 5 (A Little Bit Of...)
112   Dion   Runaround Sue
113   Right Said Fred   I'm Too Sexy
114   Black Eyed Peas   Hey Mama
115   Beatles   I Saw Her Standing There
116   Blunt, James   You're Beautiful
117   Deee-Lite   Groove Is In The Heart
118   Strait, George   I Cross My Heart
119   Prince   1999
120   Cascada   Everytime We Touch
121   Mcgraw, Tim   My Best Friend
122   Sade   By Your Side
123   Kelis   Milkshake
124   Beach Boys   Kokomo
125   Womack, Lee Ann   I Hope You Dance
126   Queen   Another One Bites The Dust
127   Nelly, P.Diddy & Murphy Lee   Shake Ya Tailfeather
128   Cherry Poppin' Daddies   Zoot Suit Riot
129   Four Seasons   December 1963 (Oh, What A Night)
130   Sledge, Percy   When A Man Loves A Woman
131   Snoop Dogg Feat. Pharrell   Drop It Like It's Hot
132   Idol, Billy   White Wedding
133   Jet   Are You Gonna Be My Girl
134   Beatles   All You Need Is Love
135   Beastie Boys   Brass Monkey
136   Spears, Britney   Toxic
137   Smith, Will    Gettin' Jiggy Wit It
138   Gap Band   You Dropped A Bomb On Me
139   Gabriel, Peter   In Your Eyes
140   Twain, Shania   From This Moment On
141   Summer, Donna   Last Dance
142   A-Ha   Take On Me
143   Prince   Let's Go Crazy
144   Joel, Billy   Piano Man
145   Elliott, Missy Feat. Ciara   Lose Control
146   Rihanna   Pon De Replay
147   Tone Loc   Funky Cold Medina
148   Soft Cell   Tainted Love
149   Digital Underground   The Humpty Dance
150   Destiny's Child   Bootylicious
151   Cline, Patsy   Crazy
152   Smash Mouth   I'm A Believer
153   Cash, Johnny   Ring Of Fire
154   Setzer Orchestra, Brian   Jump Jive An' Wail
155   Sinatra, Frank   New York, New York
156   Wang Chung   Everybody Have Fun Tonight
157   Orbison, Roy   Oh, Pretty Woman
158   Morrison, Van   Moondance
159   Clarkson, Kelly   Since U Been Gone
160   Jackson, Alan & Jimmy Buffett   It's Five O'clock Somewhere
161   Twain, Shania   You're Still The One
162   Manilow, Barry   Copacabana (At The Copa)
163   Idol, Billy   Mony Mony
164   Bee Gees   You Should Be Dancing
165   Temptations   Ain't Too Proud To Beg
166   Savage Garden   Truly Madly Deeply
167   J-Kwon   Tipsy
168   Sinatra, Frank   Come Fly With Me
169   James, Rick   Super Freak (Part 1)
170   Abba   Take A Chance On Me
171   Maroon 5   She Will Be Loved
172   Bangles   Walk Like An Egyptian
173   Matthews Band, Dave   Crash Into Me
174   50 Cent   Disco Inferno
175   Black Eyed Peas   Don't Phunk With My Heart
176   Checker, Chubby   Let's Twist Again
177   Gaye, Marvin   Sexual Healing
178   Madonna   Hung Up
179   Meat Loaf   Paradise By The Dashboard Light
180   Brooks, Garth   The Dance
181   U2   With Or Without You
182   Journey   Open Arms
183   Presley, Elvis   All Shook Up
184   Sean Paul   Get Busy
185   Sinatra, Frank   I've Got You Under My Skin
186   Jackson, Alan   Remember When
187   Beatles   In My Life
188   Mclean, Don   American Pie
189   Madonna   Vogue
190   Kid Rock   Cowboy
191   Aguilera, Christina   Ain't No Other Man
192   Santana Feat. Rob Thomas   Smooth
193   Clarkson, Kelly   A Moment Like This
194   Chicago   You're The Inspiration
195   98 Degrees   I Do (Cherish You)
196   Dion, Celine   Because You Loved Me
197   Bee Gees   Night Fever
198   Alabama   Mountain Music
199   Joel, Billy   Just The Way You Are
200   Stray Cats   Rock This Town

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