Whether you have a live band or a DJ, there
are many types of music to choose from. However, it is important
to consider the likely tastes and age range of your guests when
deciding what type of music to have played at your evening reception.
You will want a party atmosphere with as many of your guests
dancing as possible. With a DJ this will be no problem at all
since their repertoire is immense. If you are having a live
band, your chosen musicians will need to have a good repertoire
of middle-of-the-road dance music if you want to get all your
guests swinging! Again, this should not be a problem to any
musician or band that is experienced in performing at weddings.
For something a little different, why not start off your evening
with a themed session that will appeal to all ages. Imagine
the fun you and your guests will have if you arrange for a live
band to run a barn dance or a ceilidh (pronounced kay-lee).
At your evening reception, the bride and groom traditionally
dance first on their own to a waltz. However, as ballroom dancing
is not so popular these days, the newlyweds usually dance to
a favourite romantic song. During the playing of this song,
it is traditional for the groom to dance with his new mother-in-law
and then with his mother, while the bride dances with her new
father-in-law and then with her father. The best man also joins
in dancing with the chief bridesmaid and the ushers with the
other bridesmaids when the bride and groom first change. After
the first dance, all the guests are invited to join the newlyweds
on the dancefloor.
If you need help choosing or locating any form of musical entertainment
for your wedding reception, please visit the entertainment
page in confetti.co.uk.
If you don't have a particular favourite
song in mind for your first dance, here are 150 romantic suggestions.
Those titles shown as hyperlinks will play a MIDI rendition
of the song (not the real thing!). Please note, the quality
of the sound you hear will be dependent upon your media player
and the quality of your sound card.
A
Million Love Songs - Take
That
All I Ask Of You
- Michael Crawford
All I Want Is You - U2
All My Life - Linda
Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
All Out Of Love
- Air Supply
All The Way - Frank
Sinatra
Always - Atlantic Starr
Always And Forever
- Luther Vandross, Heatwave or Eternal
Angel Of Mine - Eternal
Angels - Robbie Williams
Annie's Song - John
Denver
As Time Goes By
- from 'Casablanca'
A Whole New World
- from 'Aladdin'
Babe - Styx
Beautiful In My
Eyes - Joshua Kadison
Because You Loved
Me - Celine Dion
Can You
Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John
Can't Get Enough Of Your Love - Barry White
Can't Help
Falling In Love - Elvis Presley
Can't Take My
Eyes Off You - Frankie Valley or Andy Williams
Colour Of My Love
- Celine Dion
Close To You - Carpenters
Crazy For You - Madonna
Don't Know Much
- Linda Ronstadt and Aaron Neville
Dreams - Gabrielle
Embraceable You
- Nat King Cole
Endless Love - Luther
Vandross and Mariah Carey
Eternal Flame -
The Bangles
Every Breath You
Take - Sting
Every Thing I Do, I
Do For You - Bryan Adams
Fly Me To The Moon
- Frank Sinatra
From This Moment
- Shania Twain and Brian White
Get Here - Oleta Adams
Glory Of Love - Peter
Cetera
Groovy Kind Of Love
- Phil Collins
Grow Old With Me
- Mary Chapin Carpenter
Have I Told You
Lately - Rod Stewart
Heaven - Bryan Adams
Hello - Lionel Richie
Here And Now - Luther
Vandross
Here We Are - Gloria Estefan
Hero - Mariah Carey
How Deep Is Your
Love - Take That
How Do I Live - Leanne
Rimes
How Sweet It Is (To
Be Loved By You) - James Taylor
I Can't Help Lovin'
You - Leo Sayer
I Believe I Can Fly
- Roger Kelly
I Believe In You
And Me - Whitney Houston
I Belong To You
- Lenny Kravitz
I Do I Do I Do I Do
- Abba
I Don't Want To Live Without You - Foreigner
If - Bread
I Finally Found
Someone - Barbara Streisand and Bryan Adams
If You Don't
Know Me By Now - Simply Red
I Can't Stop Loving
You - Ray Charles
I Get A Kick Out
Of You - Frank Sinatra
I Got You Babe -
Sonny and Cher
I Just Called
To Say I Love You - Stevie Wonder
I Just Can't
Stop Loving You - Michael Jackson
I'll Stand By You
- The Pretenders
In My Life - The
Beatles
I Swear - All 4 One
It Had To Be You
- Harry Connick Jr.
It Must Be Love
- Madness
I've Been Waiting
For A Girl Like You - Foreigner
I Wanna Know
What Love Is - Foreigner
I Will Always
Love You - Whitney Houston
I've Had The Time Of
My Life - Bill Medley and Jennifer Warnes
Just The Way You
Are - Billy Joel
Killing Me Softly
With His Song - Roberta Flack
Kiss The Rain -
Billy Myers
Lady In Red - Chris
de Burgh
Let's Stay Together
- Al Green
Love Is All Around
- Wet Wet Wet
Love Me Tender -
Elvis Presley
Lovely Day - Bill
Withers
Loving You - Minnie
Ripperton
More Than Words
- Extreme
Moon River - Breakfast
At Tiffany's and Andy Williams
My Eyes Adore You
- Frankie Valley and The Four Seasons
My Girl - The Temptations
My Heart Will Go
On - Celine Dion
My Love - Wings
Nobody Does It
Better - Carly Simon
Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now - Starship
Now - Karen Carpenter
Now And Forever
- Richard Marx
One Moment In Time
- Whitney Houston
On The Wings Of Love
- Jeffrey Osborne
Only You - Platters
Our Love Is Here
To Stay - Nat King Cole or Frank Sinatra
Perfect Day - Lou
Reed
Perfect Moment - Martine McCutcheon
Right Here
Waiting For You - Richard Marx
Save The Best
For Last - Vanessa Williams
Saving All
My Love For You - Whitney Houston
Sexual Healing
- Marvin Gaye
Solid As A Rock - Ashford and Simpson
She's The One - Robbie Williams
Someone To Watch
Over Me - Frank Sinatra or Linda Ronstadt
Sometimes When
We Touch - Dan Hill
Somewhere - from
'West Side Story'
Stand By Me - Ben
E King
Stuck On You -
Lionel Richie
Suddenly - Billy
Ocean
Take My Breath Away
- Berlin
The Best Is Yet
To Come - Frank Sinatra
The One - Elton John
The Power Of Love
- Jennifer Rush
These Arms Of Mine - Otis Reading
Three Times A Lady
- Lionel Richie
Tonight I
Celebrate My Love - Peobo Bryson and Roberta Flack
True - Spandau Ballet
True Love Ways -
Buddy Holly
Truly - Lionel Richie
Truly Madly Deeply
- Savage Garden
Unchained Melody
- Righteous Brothers
Unforgettable -
Nat King Cole
Up Where We Belong
- Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes
Waiting For
A Girl Like You - Foreigner
We Have
All The Time In The World- Louis Armstrong
We've Only Just
Begun - Carpenters
What A Wonderful
World - Louis Armstrong
When A Man Loves
A Woman - Percy Sledge
When I Fall In Love
- Celine Dion
When I Need You
- Leo Sayer
Wind Beneath My
Wings - Bette Midler
With You I'm Born
Again - Billy Preston and Syreeta
Without You - Mariah
Carey
Woman - John Lennon
Wonderful Tonight
- Eric Clapton
Words - Boyzone
You Are
The Sunshine Of My Life - Stevie Wonder
Your Love Is King - Sade
Your Song - Elton
John
You're Still The
One - Shania Twain
You're My Best Friend
- Queen
You're The Best Thing - Style Council
You're The Inspiration
- Chicago
Whichever
song you choose for your first dance, you may want to ask your
band or DJ to play some of our specially selected titles during
the slow smoochy sessions.
For details of music CDs that are available to help you choose
suitable music for your church service, please visit our recorded
music page in Confetti's online shop.
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