Wedding Song Suggestions
Thursday
Aug182011
Mother and Son Wedding Songs
Mother/Son Wedding Songs
- "Blessed" (Elton John)
- "Can I Have This Dance" (Anne Murray)
- "Close to You" (The Carpenters)
- "Have I Told You Lately" (Rod Stewart or Van Morrison)
- "Loves Me Like a Rock" (Paul Simon)
- "I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash)
- "I Wish You Love" (Gloria Lynne)
- "In My Life" (The Beatles)
- "Stand by Me" (Ben E. King)
- "Through the Years" (Kenny Rogers)
- "Unforgettable" (Nat King Cole/Natalie Cole)
- "What a Wonderful World" (Louis Armstrong)
- "You Are the Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
Tuesday
Oct112011
Father and Daughter Wedding Songs
Father/Daughter Wedding Songs
- "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" (Elton John)
- "Daddy's Little Girl" (Al Martino)
- "Daddy's Hands" (Holly Dunn)
- "If I Could" (Ray Charles)
- "Isn't She Lovely" (Stevie Wonder)
- "Lean on Me" (Bill Withers)
- "Lullaby" (Billy Joel)
- "My Funny Valentine" (Carly Simon)
- "My Girl" (The Temptations)
- "She's Leaving Home" (The Beatles)
- "Sunrise, Sunset" (from Fiddler on the Roof)
- "Thank Heaven for Little Girls" (Merle Haggard)
- "The Way You Look Tonight" (Frank Sinatra)
- "Times of Your Life" (Paul Anka)
- "Turn Around" (Harry Belafonte)
- "You Are So Beautiful to Me" (Joe Cocker)
- "Whenever I See Your Smiling Face" (James Taylor)
Tuesday
Oct112011
First Dance Songs
- "Alison" (Elvis Costello)
- "All I Want Is You" (U2)
- "As" (Stevie Wonder)
- "Blood Of Eden" (Peter Gabriel)
- "Crash" (Dave Matthews Band)
- "Everything I Do" (Brandy)
- "Forever in My Life" (Prince)
- "Heroes" (David Bowie)
- "Ice Cream" (Sarah MacLachlan)
- "If I Was Your Girlfriend" (Prince)
- "In Your Eyes" (Peter Gabriel)
- "Iris" (Goo Goo Dolls)
- "It Must Be Love" (Madness)
- "Kiss Me" (Sixpence None The Richer)
- "Kissing You" (from William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet)
- "Love Song" (The Cure)
- "Like Someone In Love" (Bjork)
- "Luna" (Smashing Pumpkins)
- "Night & Day" (U2)
- "Nothing Compares To You" (Sinead O'Connor)
- "She" (Elvis Costello)
- "Somebody" (Depeche Mode)
- "Stay By Me" (Annie Lennox)
- "Tonight, Tonight" (Smashing Pumpkins)
- "Waste" (Phish)
- "Wild Horses" (The Sundays)
- "Wild Is The Wind" (David Bowie)
- "You Are The Everything" (R.E.M.)
- "You're Just Too Good To Be True" (Lauryn Hill)
- "You're The Best Thing" (Style Council)
Tuesday
Oct112011
Wedding Processional Songs
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Traditional/Classic
- 1. "Air" (from Water Music Suite), (George F. Handel)
- 2. "Bridal Chorus" (from Lohengrin), (Richard Wagner)
- 3. "Canon in D" (Johann Pachelbel)
- 4. "Procession of Joy" (Hal Hopson)
- 5. "Rigaudon" (Andre Campra)
- 6. "Spring" (from The Four Seasons), (Antonio Vivaldi)
- 7. "Te Deum" (Marc-Antoine Charpentier)
- 8. "The Prince of Denmark's March" (Jeremiah Clarke)
- 9. "Trumpet Tune" (Henry Purcell)
- 10. "Trumpet Voluntary" (Jeremiah Clarke)
- 11. "Trumpet Voluntary" (John Stanley)
- 12. "Wedding March" (from The Marriage of Figaro), (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
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Traditional Alternatives
- 13. "Canzon V" (Giovanni Gabrieli)
- 14. "Coronation March for Czar Alexander III" (Peter I. Tchaikovsky)
- 15. "Overture" (from Royal Fireworks Music), (George Frederic Handel)
- 16. "Promenade" (from Pictures at an Exhibition), (Modest Mussorgsky)
- 17. "Romeo and Juliet Love Theme" (Tchaikovsky)
- 18. "Sinfonia" (from Cantata No. 156), (Johann S. Bach)
- 19. "Toccata" (from L'Orfeo), (Claudio Monteverdi)
- 20. "Trumpet Tune in A-Major" (David N. Johnson)
- 21. "Sonatas for Organ, Op. 65, No. 3 (con moto maestoso)," (Felix Mendelssohn)
- 22. "Winter," Largo, (from The Four Seasons), (Antonio Vivaldi)
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Contemporary
- 23. "Appalachia Waltz" (Yo-Yo Ma, Edgar Meyer, Mark O'Connor)
- 24. "Sunrise, Sunset" (from Fiddler on the Roof), (Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock)
- 25. "The Look of Love" (Dionne Warwick/Burt Bacharach)
- 26. "The Vow" (Jeremy Lubbock)
- 27. "To A Wild Rose" (Edward MacDowell)
- 28. "Flatbush Waltz" (Andy Statman)
- 29. "Wedding Processional" (from The Sound of Music), (Richard Rodgers & Oscar Hammerstein)
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Religious/Sacred
- 30. "All People That On Earth Do Dwell" ("Old 100th" hymn)
- 31. "Dona Nobis Pacem" (16th century hymn)
- 32. "Hanava Babanot" (A Love Song), (Neeman)
- 33. "St. Anthony's Chorale" (Franz Joseph Haydn)
- 34. "Hymn Fanfare from The Triumphant" (Francois Couperin)
- 35. "Scalero de Oro" (traditional Sephardic)
Tuesday
Oct112011
Wedding Recessional Songs
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Traditional/Classic Recessional Wedding Music
- 1. "Allegro Maestoso" (from Water Music Suite), (George F. Handel)
- 2. "Brandenburg Concerto No. 1," Allegro, (Johann S. Bach)
- 3. "Brandenburg Concerto No. 4," Allegro, (Johann S. Bach)
- 4. "Coronation March" (from Crown imperial), (Sir William Walton)
- 5. "Fugue in E-Flat Major" (from St. Anne), (Johann S. Bach)
- 6. "Hallelujah Chorus" (from The Messiah), (George F. Handel)
- 7. "Hornpipe" (from Water Music Suite), (George F. Handel)
- 8. "Ode to Joy" (Ludwig van Beethoven)
- 9. "Spring," Allegro, (from The Four Seasons), (Antonio Vivaldi)
- 10. "The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba" (George F. Handel)
- 11. "Toccata" (from Symphonie 5, opus 42), (Charles-Marie Widor)
- 12. "Trumpet Tune and Bell Symphony," (Henry Purcell)
- 13. "Tuba Tune in D" (Craig Sellar Lang)
- 14. "Wedding March" (from A Midsummer Night's Dream), (Felix Mendelssohn)
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Traditional Alternative Recessional Wedding Music
- 15. "Badinerie" (from Orchestral Suite No. 2), (Johann S. Bach)
- 16. "Concerto grosso in D Minor," Op. 2, No. 3 (Presto), (Francesco Geminiani)
- 17. "Rondeau" (from Abdelezar), (Henry Purcell)
- 18. "Rondeau" (theme from Masterpiece Theater), (Jean Joseph Mouret)
- 19. "Sonata in G Major" (Giuseppe Tartini)
- 20. "Triumphal March" (Edvard Grieg)
- 21. "Variations on the Kanon by Pachelbel" (George Winston)
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Contemporary Recessional Wedding Music
- 22. "Anthem" (Suzanne Ciani)
- 23. "Beautiful Day" (U2)
- 24. "From This Moment On" (Cole Porter)
- 25. "Linus & Lucy" (Peanuts Theme), (Vince Guaraldi)
- 26. "Little Martha" (Allman Brothers Band)
- 27. "Oh! You Pretty Things" (David Bowie)
- 28. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" (Stevie Wonder)
- 29. "Sunshine of My Life" (Stevie Wonder)
- 30. "The Long and Winding Road" (The Beatles)
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Religious/Sacred Recessional Wedding Music
- 31. "Exultate, Jubilate" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
- 32. "Joy" (George Winston)
- 33. "Now Thank We All Our God" (Johann S. Bach)
- 34. "Now Thank We All Our God" (Sigfried Karg-Elert)
- 35. "Psalm 19" (Benedetto Marcello)
Wednesday
Oct122011
Reception Entrance Songs
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Reception Entrance Songs for the Bride and Groom
- 1. "Everlasting Love" by Carl Carlton
- 2. "Beautiful Day" by U2
- 3. "This Will Be (an Everlasting Love)" by Natalie Cole
- 4. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours)" by Stevie Wonder
- 5. "You're the First, My Last, My Everything" by Barry White
- 6. "Crazy in Love" by Beyonce
- 7. "Walking on Sunshine" by Katrina & the Waves
- 8. "I Got You (I Feel Good)" by James Brown
- 9. "Let It Rock" by Kevin Rudolf
- 10. "So Right" by Dave Matthews Band
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Reception Entrance Songs for the Bridal Party
- 11. "I Got a Feeling" by Black Eyed Peas
- 12. "Forever" by Chris Brown
- 13. "The Way I Are" by Timbaland
- 14. "Battle Without Honor or Humanity" from the Kill Bill soundtrack
- 15. "The Way You Make Me Feel" by Michael Jackson
- 16. "Bring Em Out" by T.I.
- 17. "Sing, Sing, Sing" by Benny Goodman
- 18. "Let's Have a Natural Ball" by Albert King
- 19. "Sirius" by The Alan Parsons Project
- 20. "Get up Offa That Thing" by James Brown



