Your Favorite Tunes for: CHA-CHA?

[Phil Owl]

There seems to have been some trouble with the My Music lists of late, so I thought I'd start a thread(s) to highlight yours and my favorite songs for specific dances, and I'll lead off the CHA-CHA section with:

H-Gang: Donald Fagen

Do It Again: Steely Dan

Jump To It: Aretha Franklin

One Mint Julep: Ray Charles

Your turn--------------

[DennisBeach]

Just about any version of sway. Dance with me, Sexbomb, I wanna, Smooth and Oye como vey are some of my favorites. ChaCha has a lot of music that I really like to dance to.

[waltzgirl]

For sort of novelty tunes, I like Della Reese's album Della Della Cha Cha Cha. It's got "standards" like "Tea for Two," "Whatever Lola Wants," "It's Nice to Have a Man Around the House" ochestrated for cha cha (it's from the 60s when cha cha was first becoming a popular social dance in the US).

Another cute novelty song is "He Just Wants to Cha Cha," about a couple learning to dance. Very funny!

[Peaches]

"Whatever Lola Wants" as cha? Huh. Either we have radically different versions, or I've just never listened to mine and thought of anything other than tango or AT. Hmmm...morning project...

[waltzgirl]

"Whatever Lola Wants" as cha? Huh. Either we have radically different versions, or I've just never listened to mine and thought of anything other than tango or AT. Hmmm...morning project...

It's a different version, re-orchestrated for cha cha. Some of the songs on that album are a hoot. "Tea for Two" as a cha cha?

[Peaches]

Ohhh...that makes more sense.

[tangotime]

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The biggest " hit " in the B/room world, in the fifties .(:confused: )

[Ithink]

"Sex Bomb" by Tom Jones.

[tangotime]

Now , hows about some " authentic " guajira-( cha cha, latino style )

Willie Rosario---- De Barrio Obrero A La Quince .

[Phil Owl]

Willie Bobo: Fried Neckbones and Some Homefries

Bela Fleck & The Flecktones: The Sinister Minister

[SnowDancer]

"Suavecito" by Malo (1972) - I liked this song when I was a kid, and only realized last week that it was a cha-cha when it was played at a salsa club.

[etp777]

I'll give another vote for sway, even though it's horribly overused at all the comps/for showcases,etc. Heard a version last night that I didn't like quite as much as others, but was still better than some chachas I've headr at comps.

Sex Bomb is a great chacha, but i can't dance to it without laughing. Had an older (65+) gentleman at one of local studios do a showcase/exhibition number to this song with his pro and two others at some of our regional comps last june. To this day, i can't hear that song without thinking of this old man in an open chested latin shirt with a big gold medallion, and then I start laughing. Pro does same hting, i think she said he was parent of one of her students. And not that it was a bad number, it was a good number, they did it well, I still have to laugh though.

[MissBallroomBear]

My favourite Cha Cha is My Sharona (1979) by The Knack. It's not just my favourite Cha Cha, it's my favourite song!

I know.. I'm 13 years old and I'm living in the 70's..

[Phil Owl]

"Suavecito" by Malo (1972) - I liked this song when I was a kid, and only realized last week that it was a cha-cha when it was played at a salsa club.

DANG!!! I haven't heard that song in a grizzly's age! :cool: Definitely makes a fun cha-cha!


Another gem:

Salsoul Orchestra: Nightcrawler, (slow sexy steamy cha-cha)

[Phil Owl]

My Old School - Steely Dan

Rescue Me - Fontella Bass

[Vince A]

Most any "on 2" song by:

Joe Cuba, such as 'El Tramposo' and 'Tu Bombon'
Tito Puente, like 'Oye Como Va' and 'Chanchullo'

Maybe throw in some Eddie Palmieri with 'Cinturita' and 'Cuidate Compay'

As a fellow musician, you may appreciate these . . . I've really been trying to learn Latin and Reggae on bass . . . these have helped!

[Mawmaw]

Steal My Kisses - Ben Harper
Smooth - Santana
Good Girl Gone Bad - Rihanna
Dance With Me - Michael Bolton

[fascination]

trajedia by marc anthony, and ay mujer

[Purr]

Besame by Andres Ballinas (Ultimate Latin 3)
Sex Bomb by Tom Jones with Mousse T (Ultimate Latin 5)
Dance with Me by Debelah Morgan (Ultimate Latin 3)
Corazon De Melao by Emmanuel (Brazil)
Pata Pata by El General (Brazil)
Smooth by Santana with Rob Thomas (Supernatural)
Corazon Espinado by Santana (Supernatural)
Lady Marmalade by Christina Aguilera, 'Lil Kim, Mya and Pink (Moulin Rouge soundtrack)
Dimelo (I Need To Know) by Marc Anthony (Marc Anthony)
100% Pure Love by Crystal Waters (The Best of Crystal Waters)

[Purr]

A music critic I'm not, but here's a few more I like.

No Puedo Olivdarte by unknown artist (Latin Music 8)
Oye Como Va by Tito Puente, Jr. (Salsa Plus!)
Caribbean Queen by Billy Ocean (Greatest Hits)
Ecoutez, Repetez by Touch & Go (I Find You Very Attractive)
Let’s Get Loud by Jennifer Lopez (On the 6)
My Maria by Brooks & Dunn (Greatest Hits)
Represent, Cuba by Orishas featuring Heather Headley (Dirty Dancing Havana Nights Soundtrack)

[Phil Owl]

Security Joan and The New Frontier: Donald Fagen

Rebels Are We: Chic

Back Stabbers and 992 Arguments: The O'Jays

Saturday Love: Cherelle and Alexander O'Neal

Spill The Wine: War

Why Can't We Live Together: Steve Winwood

Twilight World: Swing Out Sister

[chachachacat]

Rare Owl sighting! ;)

Ihave LOVED Spill the Wine since I was a kid!
I didn't know what Latin music was, but I loved Santana as well.
I was destined to cha cha!
Destined to be The Cha Cha Cha Cat ~ 4 & 1 meow :kitty:

[Sabor]

El Raton

[seffy08]

Arrasando by Thalia

Breathless by The Corrs

and Crush by Jeniffer Paige
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Soulja Boy!!! Haha... Kidding.
XD

[Indiana_Jay]

Smooth (Santana w/Rob Thomas). I loved that tune before I even knew how to cha-cha!

I Need to Know (Marc Anthony)

Cariño (Marc Anthony's wife)

[fascination]

bump...dancing jools...was it any of these??????

[squirrel]

Tito Puente - Tito on timbales

[Kassia]

Our short show routine is a cha cha to Jennifer Lopez's "Lets get Loud" off the On the 6 album...

[DancingJools]

A nice cha cha is now playing in a hotel commercial. It's "Relax, Max" by Dinah Washington. Very cute. Great for a show dance. In the style of "Whatever Lola Wants". Kind of old style and funky, but very rhythmic.

[Rugby]

In These Shoes? by Kristy MacCall on Latin Boogalu
I'm Going To Shenzhen (eng. version) by Orquestra La Palabra (though it sounds like Will Smith in a way) on Latino Contigo

[chachabelle]

I really like "In These Shoes" by K. McCall too - although it seems really fast.

[nucat78]

"Sway" by any artist other than the *****cat Dolls.
"Dimelo" ("I Need to Know") Marc Antony.

[Kassia]

I also like Mambo Italiano!! They play it often at the studio.. I went on line and got a couple versions of it but the "best" one is Rosemary Clooney and Frank Sinatra... IMHO...