Hello folks!

I am tying the knot March 11, 2012 . I need some advice from you guy's for wedding music. We want to have a good selection for the iPod music list. Any advice? I know I want to have Stevie Wonders I Beleive(when I fall in love) - - -Elvis (Falling in love with you) . . . . I don't mind some of the old classics too. What suggestions would you guys have? They don't have to be to mushy either . . . . They can be cheerful.

Thanks for your input!

At the risk of glossing my own band, I would have to say that our music usually does really good at weddings. Not necessarily the songs I wrote, but you can check out some of the songs here:

http://www.reverbnation.com/haleamano

Love Me For Me
Temptations
Hypnotize

We've played a few receptions ourselves, and those songs go over pretty well. Something a little different anyway.

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When me and Maz got married a couple of years ago we decided that rather than go with convention we were going to do what we wanted, so our guests sat down to "Need your Love so Bad" by Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, we came in together to "Walking by Myself" by Gary Moore and we left to "Since I met you Baby" by Gary Moore.

People loved it

Jerry

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how about "please release me"?

Hee-hee!

English actor Martin Clunes recently mentioned that at his wedding he got up with the band and sang We Have All the Time in the World. I think he thought that was a romantic gesture - but some will remember it is the song Louis Armstrong sings over the end credits of the Bond film On Her Majesty's Secret Service, just after Bond's freshly married bride, Diana Rigg, has been machine-gunned to death by Blofeld. If I was Mrs Clunes I'd be wondering what message my new husband was trying to send me...

So take care: song choices have to withstand years of later scrutiny.

Cheers - C

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It Had To Be You - Harry Connick Jr
Our Love Is Here To Stay - Ella & Satch
We're In This Love Together - Al Jarreau
You Send Me - Sam Cooke
You Are My Shining Star - The Manhattans
One In A Million You - Larry Graham
The Way You Look Tonight - Sinatra
This Love - Maroon 5
True Companion - Marc Cohen
You and Me - Lifehouse

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Being able to play and enjoy music is a gift that's often taken for granted.

Don't leave home without it!

How about: I Knew The Bride When She Used To Rock & Roll? Okay, just kidding, but try not to not use only songs that are goopy with sentiment.

And for the record, I just celebrated by 42nd wedding anniversary. You can do it!

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Rockin' since 1963

Sadly had i known then what i know now it might have been..............

"we gotta get out of this place" by the Animals i think!

The one thing I like about this forum is the comedic element. I bursted out into laughter when I read that post . . . .

Made me think of Social Distortions "Ball and Chain" LOL!

Miami Mike . . . I like the Harry Connick Jr. recommondation too. Thanks . . . . and thanks to those who responded. That means alot!

Also.....If I could afford it. I would pay for the round trip ticket and the gig for you guy's to play. There is a tropical sound in your music. In fact, that style did give me some ideas too. Thanks man.

Also.....If I could afford it. I would pay for the round trip ticket and the gig for you guy's to play. There is a tropical sound in your music. In fact, that style did give me some ideas too. Thanks man.

Definitely this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s5xsVHOJQs

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Professional DJ here 1968 till 2005. Sure you need the schmaltzy stuff like Johnny Mathis' "Twelfth of Never" plus the aforementioned ones. If the bride and her father are doing the traditional father/daughter dance, "Wind Beneath My Wings" by Bette Midler works great for that, however the decision on that is the bride's and she might have something else entirely in mind. Still I usually suggested that one to the bride and most thought it was the best idea they'd heard and often it trumped their own.

After the preliminary obligatory formalities such as the couples first dance and father/daughter dance are completed, people are going to want to party! I'd include something danceable for every age group attending. For instance if some golden-oldies are going to be there you'll want a few up tempo Big Band things (Count Basie/Duke Ellington/Benny Goodman) progressing all the way up to today's dance stuff. Connick covers of the Big Band stuff is better than nothing when throwing a bone to the seniors. The older stuff usually should come early as golden-oldies tend to withdraw early if they come to the reception at all. If they don't come, skip their genre.

Surely there are regional or traditional dances popular there, (polka, two-step, etc) so be sure to include the regionally popular songs for them. ("The Chicken Dance" or "Waltz Across Texas" for two examples.) Here for instance you can count on lots of shag songs and maybe even one or two bluegrass cuts like "Rocky Top" or "Dueling Banjos" at a wedding reception about half way through once people get real loose. This of course varies on location and upon how diverse a crowd you have plus what I call "the tooth to smile ratio," which is equivalent to the marketing term "demographics."

Do not neglect to include line dances like "Electric Slide," "Boot Scootin' Boogie" and "Cupid Shuffle" each of which never fails to save almost any flagging party by packing the floor almost exclusively with dancing ladies. Maybe there are more popular line dances there than those, so use them if there are. When nobody is dancing at all just play a line dance and ladies around here literally RUN to the dance floor. In my experience line dances give the ladies a chance to show the men that the ladies indeed can and do want to dance, so it tends to wake the men up so more of the men will dance to the very next song and what the next song is never seems to matter one iota! A line dance rarely if ever fails around here, so use line dances like life preservers, one at a time.

If alcohol is being served then drinking songs go over well about anywhere late in the event. "Red Solo Cup" by Toby Keith for one contemporary example.

Like building a set list for a band, pacing at a wedding reception is important once the preliminaries are out of the way. Every song should not be fast, but avoid the party-kill of "two slow songs in a row" once things get rolling.

I know of two songs played at wedding receptions in the Carolinas and Virginia that I'd suggest as appropriate for wedding receptions anywhere. The first is called "Something Old, Something New" by a regionally popular band named The Fantastics. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgZb86W-Zj0 It is hard enough to get a copy here and impossible to find out of the southeast probably. Email me through my website in my forum signature below and I can hook you up. The second regional wedding reception favorite I'd suggest is "With This Ring" by the Platters. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2M4cC6_COxY The Platters cut is a great wedding reception song for the regional dance called "The Shag" (the official dance of the state of SC) with the Platters song being more widely available since they are internationally known. Since those songs are little known outside my region I'd expect some people to ask where you found those songs and who is singing them because they will actually want to get a copy.

Thanks for the compliments. Our band currently has 6-people, so you're right about the expense. However, I do consider that a much appreciated compliment.

I think people sometimes underestimate Reggae music and are sometimes apprehensive about adding Reggae to a wedding dj library. But I can tell you that Bob Marley's "Is This Love", "No woman No Cry", and even "Three Little Birds" become a refreshing break to what the library has in it. And the reaction, from what I've seen, is usually very positive.

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Brother Dave!

Thanks for your great input on this. I am sure it comes from years of your experience. I will utilize the links too. In fact, you stated some thing with great attention to detail. For example, there will be alchohol . . . . so music would play a relevant role to the guest who are boozed up a little.....(as for the music selection) .....And we are not alchohol crazy.

Again, thanks for your time and input on this. That means alot.