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  Wedding Reception Music

Planning a wedding can turn into a long list of things to do. By choosing Southern Cali DJ's Service as your entertainment, we are happy to help plan and coordinate the event to ensure the entertainment is exactly what you had in mind. Our Disc Jockeys serve as Master of Ceremonies and Event Consultants. Contact us to shorten your "to do" list and make the planning more enjoyable.
 

 

 

Wedding Music

Every element of your wedding reception is important, and the music will certainly rank very high on this list. It sets the mood as guests arrive, it provides atmosphere during dinner, and after dinner the music allows for dancing and spices up events like the bouquet toss and cake cutting.

Before the music is played though, there is a person deciding what to play. This person must balance the musical wishes of the bride and groom with the changing mood of the guests, and all the while keep the schedule moving!

Suggested Music For Wedding Receptions

These are the most requested songs, but there are many others. Ask your DJ.

First Dance music: First dance as husband and wife.
Your first dance together as Husband and Wife is a special time filled with emotion and romance. Click any highlighted title for an mp3 music sample.
 
Rank Title Artist
1. Amazed Lonestar
2. From This Moment On Shania Twain
3. At Last Etta James
4. Because You Loved Me Celine Dion
5. I Cross my Heart George Strait
6. It's Your Love Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
7. Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
8. Have I Told You Lately Rod Stewart or Van Morrison
9. I Swear Michael Montgomery
10. Unchained Melody Righteous Brothers
11. I Knew I Loved You Savage Garden
12. Always and Forever Heatwave
13. The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra
14. I Swear All-For-One
15. True Companion Mark Cohn
16. Endless Love Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
17. I Do (Cherish You) 98 Degrees
18. It had to be You Harry Connick Jr.
19. Could I Have This Dance Anne Murray
20. Here and Now Luther Vandross
21. Truly, Madly, Deeply Savage Garden
22. Everything I Do Bryan Adams
23. Always Atlantic Starr
24. I Could Not Ask For More Edwin McCain
25. All My Life K-C & JoJo
26. This I Swear Nick Lachey
27. Beautiful in My Eyes Joshua Kadison
28. When a Man Loves a Woman Percy Sledge or Michael Bolton
29. Breathe Faith Hill
30. What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
31. Can't Help Falling In Love Elvis Presley
32. Unforgettable Nat King Cole & Natalie

 

Father/Daughter music: The dance between the new bride and her father.

  Click on any highlighted title for an mp3 music sample.
 
Rank Title Artist
1. Butterfly Kisses Bob Carlisle
2. Daddy's Little Girl Al Martino
3. Unforgettable Natalie Cole
4. Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler
5. Because You Loved Me Celine Dion
6. The Way You Look Tonight Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett
7. Daddy's Hands Holly Dunn
8. What a Wonderful World Louie Armstrong
9. Through the Years Kenny Rogers
10. My Girl Temptations
11. Hero Mariah Carey
12. Have I Told You Lately Van Morrison
13. Wonderful Tonight Eric Clapton
14. Daughter of Mine John McDermott
15. Time of Your Life Green Day
16. Isn't She Lovely Stevie Wonder
17. A Song for My Daughter Mikki Viereck
18. You're the Inspiration Chicago
19. My Special Angel Bobby Helms
20. You Decorated My Life Kenny Rogers

 

Mother/Son music: The dance between the husband and his mother.

 

 Click on any highlighted title for an mp3 music sample.
 
Rank Title Artist
1. Wind Beneath My Wings Bette Midler
2. Through the Years Kenny Rogers
3. A Song for Mama Boys II Men
4. A Song for My Son Mikki Viereck
5. What a Wonderful World Louis Armstrong
6. Because You Loved Me Celine Dion
7. Unforgettable Natalie & Nat King Cole
8. Have I Told You Lately Rod Stewart
9. Forever Young Alphaville
10. Sunrise Sunset Fiddler on the Roof Soundtrack
11. In My Life Beatles
12. The Perfect Fan Backstreet Boys
13. The Rose Bette Midler
14. I am Your Child Barry Manilo
15. Could I Have This Dance Anne Murray
16. Hero Mariah Carey
17. Beautiful In My Eyes Joshua Kadison
18. A Smile Like Yours Natalie Cole
19. Memories Elvis Presley
20. If... Bread

 

Bridal Party Dances music: The dance including the Bride & Groom, Bridesmaids & Groomsmen, and family members.

  • That's What Friends Are For (Dionne & Friends: Elton John, Gladys Knight & Stevie Wonder)
  • Can You Feel The Love Tonight (Elton John)
  • Friends In Low Places (Garth Brooks)
  • We Are Family (Sister Sledge)
  • Friends (Elton John)
  • Heroes and Friends (Randy Travis)
  • In Your Eyes (Peter Gabriel)
  • Celebration (Kool & The Gang)

Cutting The Cake music: Played while the Bride & Groom cut the cake.

  • Cut the Cake (Average White Band)
  • I Wanna Grow Old With You (Adam Sandler)
  • How Sweet It Is (James Taylor)
  • Sugar, Sugar (The Archies)
  • Hit me With Your Best Shot (Pat Benatar)
  • When I'm 64 (The Beatles)
  • Recipe For Love (Harry Connick Jr.)
  • That's Amore' (Dean Martin)
  • Happy Together (The Turtles)
  • Pour Some Sugar On Me (Def Leppard)
  • I Got You Babe (Sunny & Cher)
  • Love & Marriage (Frank Sinatra)
  • Oh Yeah! (Yello)
  • Axel F (Harold Faltermeyer)
  • Peter Gunn Theme

Garter And Bouquet Toss music: Played during the bouquet toss and garter toss.

  • The Stripper (David Rose)
  • Legs (ZZ Top)
  • You Sexy Thing (Hot Chocolate)
  • Oh Yeah! (Yello)
  • Macho Man (Village People)
  • Theme From Mission Impossible (Danny Elfman)
  • Wild Thing (The Troggs or Tone Loc)
  • Let's Get It On (Marvin Gaye)
  • Bad Boys (Inner Circle)
  • Another One Bites The Dust (Queen)
  • Curly Shuffle (Jump n' The Saddle)
  • Kiss (Prince)
  • Do Ya Think I'm Sexy (Rod Stewart)
  • Gimme All Your Lovin' (ZZ Top)
  • Pretty Woman (Roy Orbison)
  • Freak Me (Silk)
  • Hungry Eyes (Eric Carmen)
  • Heaven (Bryan Adams)
  • U Can't Touch This (MC Hammer)
  • Shameless (Garth Brooks)
  • *Girls Night Out (The Judds)
  • *Girls Just Wanna Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
  • *Whipped Cream {Dating Game Theme} (Herb Alpert)
  • *Miss America Theme (Various)

*Songs for Bouquet Toss Only.

Last Dance music: The last song of the night for the Bride & Groom and their remaining guests.

  • Last Dance (Donna Summer)
  • New York, New York (Frank Sinatra)
  • Good Riddance {Time Of Your Life} (Green Day)
  • From This Moment On (Shania Twain & Bryan White)
  • Save The Best For Last (Vanessa Williams)
  • Wonderful Tonight (David Kersh)
  • Could I Have This Dance (Anne Murray)
  • You're Still The One (Shania Twain)
  • Closing Time (Semisonic)
  • Unforgettable (Nat King Cole / Natalie Cole)
  • I've Had The Time Of My Life (Bill Medly & Jennifer Warnes)
  • How Your Love Makes Me Feel (Diamond Rio)
  • Goodnight, Sweetheart (David Kersh)
  • The Party's Over (Nat King Cole)
  • Goodnight Sweetheart (Spaniels)
  • What A Wonderful World (Louis Armstrong)
  • The Dance (Garth Brooks)
  • Truly, Madly, Deeply (Savage Garden)
  • Always And Forever (Heatwave)

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Some thoughts on scheduling.

Who's Responsible?
We feel that if you have a wedding planner, they will have the lead in scheduling. Otherwise we will help you set and manage the schedule. At the reception we will coordinate with your caterer, photographer and any other reception vendors as needed.

When to do the First Dance?
It's our experience that things start off really well when the Bride & Groom go into their First Dance right after their Grand Entrance. Followed by the Mother and Father dances the stage is set for a great night.

When to do the Toast?
We feel that this is best done before dinner. After dinner is okay but sometimes there is commotion from the wait staff and guests ready to stretch their legs.
 


Bouquet and Garter Toss
We usually do these together but plan them for later in the evening.

Cake Cutting
Sometimes guests view the cutting of cake as a sign of the evening being over so we try and plan for this later in the evening as well.

Anniversary Dance
This is a good way to get guests back onto the dance floor after the cake cutting.

Of course these are just our suggestions. We will work with you to develop a plan that you can call your own. After all -it is your day!