Getting out on the dance floor got a little harder recently with the deaths of two important dance-music stars: disco queen Donna Summer and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees. Each leaves behind a legacy of exuberance. You can find their dance songs and other classic songs for making the crowd on the dance floor swell and grow raucous in the list below. If you would like to see the most recent dance recordings, use the subject headings "underground dance music" or "house music". You will notice that the library orders lots of boxed cd collections, something that is often too pricey for individuals. And we always welcome suggestions for cds to purchase.
- Geen Onions (Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration) Booker T & the MG's (1962)
- Dancing in the Street (Respect: the Soul Generation Soundtrack ) Martha Reeves & the Vandellas (1964)
- Dancing Queen (The Complete Studio Recordings) Abba (1976)
- I Feel Love (Bad Girls) Donna Summer (1977)
- Miss You (Some Girls) Rolling Stones (1977)
- Night Fever (Mythology) The Bee Gees (1977)
- Should I Stay or Should I Go? (From Here to Eternity) The Clash (1982)
- Groove Is In the Heart (Whatever: the '90s Pop & Culture Box) Deee-Lite (1990)
- Jump Around (Old School Hip Hop Jams) House of Pain (1992)
- Born Slippy (Digital empire: Electronica's Best) Underworld (1996)
- Hey Ya (Speakerboxx) Outkast (2003)
- Crazy in Love (Dangerously in Love) Beyoncé (with Jay-Z) (2003)
- Seven Nation Army (Under Great Northern White Lights) White Stripes (2003)
- D.A.N.C.E (Cross) Justice (2007)
- Neon (Sequential. Vol. 2 ) Guy Gerber (2007)
- Black and Gold (Now That's What I Call the 00's) Sam Sparro (2008)
- Blue Monday (Power, Corruption & Lies) New Order (2008)
- Poker Face (The Fame) Lady Gaga (2008)
- Save the World (Ultra Dance 13) Swedish House Mafia (2011)
