The "Triple Play"

There was more than one "Triple Play".  Not everyone was aware it was called this.  And those aware would probably remember different songs being part of it.

Let's Groove

Let's Get Physical
Superfreak

I believe this was the first one.

The idea of putting three strong songs together seemed pretty simple but you had to have the songs to do it.

I remember when Mark Rinker and I did a Phi Sig dance in Kansas City in 1983 (photo below).  Rink let me play songs as I saw fit and I dropped in a triple play.  One of the partiers commented something like "wow, three in a row".

I used this concept later when I was doing dances.

The Formula
1. Song 1  INVITE
2. Song 2  REWARD
3. Song 3  SURPRISE

The idea was for the first song to Invite people.  The second song was to Reward people for dancing and the third song was to Surprise them with yet another song they wanted to dance to.  After three songs, they were probably done and it was time to switch gears.

Here is one I used well into the night when I did weddings:

1. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

2. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

3. All Right Now - Free