Here is Press Play’s annual review of all things we loved about 2019.
Highlights from 2019
- Keith’s son’s Bar Mitzvah!!!
- DJing a wedding from a past Bat Mitzvah client (our 3rd year in a row doing so)
- Press Play welcomed Big Mouth Jojo from Kiss 108 into our SuperStar DJ rotation
- Miguel joined our ranks as a dancer/party motivator
- We performed at our biggest wedding (over 400 people) @ Empire Garden Restaurant in China Town
- We saw our first live Lion/Dragon Dance at the wedding
- Received wedding requests from Buffalo, NY and Washington DC
- The 1000s of compilations and remixes that were released in 2019
- DJ Jay turning the BIG 40
- Baby Yoda
- Our continued partnership with the Biggsteps event in Needham in support of the Sean D Biggs Memorial Foundation (http://www.seandbiggsmemorialfoundation.org/)
Top Requested Songs of 2019
- Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
- Mark Ronson f. Bruno Mars – Uptown Funk
- Cupid – Cupid Shuffle
- Toto/Weezer – Africa
- Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus – Old Town Road
- Pitbull f. Kesha – Timber
- Jonas Brothers – Sucker
- Lizzo – Juice
- Walk The Moon – Shut Up & Dance
- Shek Wes – Mo Bamba
Press Play’s Favorite Artists & Songs from 2019 (in no particular order)
- Lizzo – who didn’t love this breakout performer?!
- Halsey – just keeps getting better with every new release and her Live performances of “Graveyard” were incredible
- Post Malone – his new album “Hollywood’s Bleeding” was one of the best of the year
- “Take What You Want” with Ozzy and Travis Scott is Keith’s favorite song of the year (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LYa_ReqRlcs)
- Ed Sheeran – another great year for the redhead. “No. 6 Collaborations Project” had so many great tunes. Here are some of our favorites
- “Blow” with Chris Stapleton & Bruno Mars (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s93NCuXt7x4)
- “Beautiful People” with Khalid (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mj0XInqZMHY)
- “Antisocial” with Travis Scott (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfkxLRuSteI)
- “Only Human” by Jonas Brothers
- NF – Dylan’s favorite new artist
- Logic – has only gotten better since his first hit
- “Wu Tang Forever” featuring the entire Wu Tang Clan is an 8 minute banger (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3-skAbrO2g)
- Dua Lipa – her 2 end of the year song releases are great to get folks on the dance floor
- “Don’t Start Now” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oygrmJFKYZY)
- “Future Nostalgia” (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EJ-vZyBzOQ)
- “Dance Monkey” – Tones and I (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0hyYWKXF0Q)
- Songland on NBC – not only a great show for any music lover, but also produced some great songs in 2019 (https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=songland+tv+show)
- “Shadow” by Macklemore Featuring IRO
- “Getting Started” by Aloe Blacc
- “Greenlight” by Jonas Brothers
- The remix and music video for “No Guidance” by Chris Brown & Drake
- Mabel – one of the underappreciated artists of the year in our opinion
- A big year for some great collaborations (including ones already listed)
- “Seniorita” by Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello
- “Dancing with a Stranger” by Sam Smith and Normani
- “Me!” by Taylor Swift and Brendon Urie
- “11 Minutes” by Yungblud and Halsey
- “I’ve Been Waiting” by Lil Peep, ILoveMakonnen and Fall Out Boy
Did we miss any of your favorites? Let us know in the comments.
We are looking forward to creating our new lists and favorites for 2020!
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