Stop at end of each song

Hi,
I'm hoping someone here can tell me how I might be able to get iTunes and/or iPods to stop at the end of each "song" and wait for me to hit the play button (or space bar) to play the next song.
Why you ask?
Well minidisks (MDs) are used this way in theater productions for sound effects. I see no reason (especially given Sony won't make Minidisk software for Macs) why iTunes or iPods shouldn't be able to be used instead of MDs. MDs are so yesterday. I also understand MDs are used for Radio this way.

Nope. You would have to manually choose the next playlist this way. The idea is to just hit a button and the next track plays, then stops. You need your finger on button ready for the next cue. You see some time sound cues come rapidly. You don't have time to look to change a play list, never mind what it you accidently picked the wrong one.

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