Top 10 Waltzes
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What are your top 10 waltzes?
The discussion below is taken from a thread launched by "Tom Cavanaugh" on the Synth Zone General Arranger forum. Click here to go to the original thread. I have aggregated all these recommended waltzes and you can find that list in the "Top Waltzes" page under Top Songs.
| Tom Cavanaugh I will be playing an anniversary celebration in a few weeks and the people paying me want lots of waltzes. What are your top 10 waltzes? I already do Fascination, Blue Skirt, Can I Have This Dance, Tennessee, Edelweiss, Lonesome Tonight, and Somewhere My Love. How about Viennese style? Lover maybe? | ||||||
| jillhumb 10-13-2003 11:56 AM I've always loved Mexicali Rose! -- Jill | ||||||
| Scottyee 10-13-2003 12:03 PM Hi, Tom. In addition to your selections, here are waltzes that I get numerous requests for:
-- Scott | ||||||
| Tom Cavanaugh 10-13-2003 12:39 PM Scott, thanks! I forgot that I do Moon River and Always. There are three waltzes that we do as a swing with our big band. They are Maria Elena, Shanty Town and If I Had My Way. Maybe I'll do those three both ways. -- Tom | ||||||
| The Accordionist 10-13-2003 01:39 PM Well, I'm an accordionist and I play tons of waltzes. Theses are my top ones, but quite a few are too ethnic for general (meaning - non-Italian!) usage:
-- Il Sirio | ||||||
| SBPC 10-13-2003 02:20 PM Tom, I’ve always grouped the waltzes I play into two categories, Slow Waltzes and Fast Waltzes. For the titles you named, I generally treat Blue Skirt Waltz and Edelweiss as Fast Waltzes (nominally 160 - 170 beats per minute) and the others as Slow Waltzes (nominally 100 - 105 beats per minute). Interestingly enough, a few years ago we played a couple of parties for an Arthur Murray dance studio and they requested that we play our slow waltzes at 90 beats per minute. It seemed pretty slow to me, but that’s the tempo they used to teach their students the waltz. Anyway, here are some additional waltzes in each category (more than 10, but they all seem to go over well)
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| Uncle Dave 10-13-2003 03:33 PM La Vie en Rose! And don't forget the good 'ole boys - Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be (Dallas fans!) Them STINKIN' Cowboys! | ||||||
| rattley 10-13-2003 03:36 PM How about My Wild Irish Rose? | ||||||
| Scott Langholff 10-13-2003 03:47 PM Here are my "biggies":
Tom, wow, The Blue Skirt Waltz. You know, there just isn't a lot of need for that good old Frankie Yankovic number down here in Florida. Where I grew up in Wisconsin, that was almost a given that you played that at every dance along with Proud Mary and Release Me. Such variety huh?? -- Scott | ||||||
| DonM 10-13-2003 05:21 PM Let's see what the others left out . .
DonM | ||||||
| GlennT 10-13-2003 09:51 PM Tom, if you're looking for some Viennese waltzes, these work well, all Strauss:
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| Pilot 10-14-2003 04:59 AM There's a couple missing:
-- Bryan | ||||||
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