Music Directory

Here is a list of songs that we think will help you with your music selection on your special day. This is by no means
a complete list. Please feel free to ask us for any song that is not included on this list.

Popular Wedding Songs – Prelude Songs

  1. Adagio from Sonata in E-Flat – Mozart
  2. Air (From Water Music) – Handel
  3. Air On The G String (from Orchestral Suite No. 3) – Bach
  4. Allegro from Brandenburg Concerto #4 in G – Bach
  5. Nocturne In E Flat, Op. 9 No. 2 – Chopin
  6. Prelude To The Afternoon Of A Faun – Debussy
  7. So This Is Love (Instrumental “Cinderella”) – David, Hoffman, Livingston
  8. Waltz (From Sleeping Beauty Act 1) – Tchaikovsky

Popular Wedding Songs – Pre-Processional Songs

  1. Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark
  2. Air (From Water Music) – Handel
  3. Sunrise, Sunset – Sheldon Harnick & Jerry Bock (Fiddler on the Roof)
  4. Emperor’s Hymn – Haydn Canzon V – Giovanni Gabrieli
  5. No 3 Delta Del Niccolini – Girolamo Fantini
  6. “Winter” Largo, Four Seasons – Vivaldi
  7. Popular Wedding Songs – Processional Songs
  8. “Winter” Largo, Four Seasons – Vivaldi
  9. Oboe Concerto – Handel
  10. Bridal Chorus – Wagner
  11. Canon in D – Pachabel
  12. Overture (From Royal Fireworks Music) – Handel
  13. Air (From Water Music) – Handel
  14. Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark
  15. To A Wild Rose – MacDowell
  16. Pathetique Sonata – Beethoven
  17. Gymnopedie, No. 1 – Satie
  18. Popular Wedding Songs – Bride’s Entrance Songs
  19. Bridal Chorus – Wagner
  20. Canon in D – Pachabel
  21. Here Comes the Sun – The Beatles
  22. Guitar Concerto in D Major – Vivaldi
  23. “Winter” Largo, Four Seasons – Vivaldi
  24. Trumpet Voluntary – Jeremiah Clark
  25. Air (From Water Music) – Handel
  26. Overture (From Royal Fireworks Music) – Handel
  27. Canzon V – Giovanni Gabrieli
  28. See The Conqu’ing Hero – Handel
  29. Larghetto (From Xerxes) – Handel
  30. Oboe Concerto – Handel
  31. Toccata – Monteverdi
  32. Te Deum – Charpentier
  33. Sonatas For Organ, OP. 65, No. 3
  34. Trumpet Tune – Purcell
  35. Trumptet Concerto in D – Telemann
  36. Promenade – Mussorgsky
  37. To A Wild Rose -MacDowell
  38. Pathetique Sonata – Beethoven Gymnopedie, No. 1 – Satie

Popular Wedidng Songs – Recessional Songs

  1. Hallelujah Chorus – Handel Ode To Joy – Beethoven
  2. Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
  3. All You Need is Love – The Beatles
  4. Autumn – Four Seasons – Vivaldi
  5. First Movement from Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F – J.S. Bach
  6. Hornpipe (From Water Music) – Handel
  7. La Rejouissance (From Royal Fireworks Music) – Handel
  8. Arrival of the Queen of Sheba (From Soloman) – Handel
  9. Sonata in G – Tartini

Popular Wedding Songs – First Dance Songs

  1. Amazed – Lonestar
  2. From This Moment – Shania Twan & Bryan White
  3. At Last – Etta James
  4. When You Say Nothing At All – Allison Krause
  5. All My Life – K-Ci & Jojo
  6. I Knew I Loved You Before I Met You – Savage Garden
  7. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  8. It’s Your Love – Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
  9. My Best Friend – Tim McGraw
  10. You’re The First, The Last, My Everything – Barry White
  11. Cross My Heart – George Straight
  12. Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
  13. Could Not Ask For More – Edwin McCain Messenger
  14. Spend My Life With You – Eric Benet & Tamia
  15. When I Said I Do – Clint Black & Lisa Hartman-Black
  16. Don’t Wanna Miss A Thing – Aerosmith/Mark Chestnutt
  17. True Companion – Marc Cohen
  18. Here and Now – Luther Vandross
  19. Everything I Do – Bryan Adams
  20. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  21. I Finally Found Someone – Barbra Striesand & Bryan Adams
  22. Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
  23. You Had Me At Hello – Kenny Chesney
  24. Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
  25. Could I Have This Dance – Anne Murray
  26. It Had To Be You – Harry Connick, Jr.
  27. I Do, Cherish You – 98 Degrees/Mark Wills
  28. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  29. To Make You Feel My Love – Garth Brooks
  30. Unforgettable – Natalie Cole
  31. Keeper Of The Stars – Tracy Byrd
  32. Endless Love – Lionel Richie & Diana Ross
  33. Breathe – Faith Hill
  34. You and I – Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle
  35. Love of a Lifetime – Firehouse
  36. All The Way – Celine Dion & Frank Sinatra
  37. Valentine – Martina McBride & Jim Brickman
  38. For You – Kenny Lattimore
  39. In Your Eyes – Peter Gabriel
  40. When I Fall In Love – Natalie Cole
  41. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
  42. Always & Forever – Heatwave
  43. Love Of My Life – Jim Brickman
  44. Give Me Forever – John Tesh & James Ingram
  45. Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart
  46. I Swear – John Michael Montgomery
  47. Just The Way You Are – Billy Joel
  48. Love Of My Life – Sammy Kershaw
  49. Angel Eyes – Jeff Healy Band
  50. Into The Mystic – Van Morrison
  51. First Dance Songs – Something Different
  52. Question – Old 97’s
  53. You Are the Best Thing – Ray Lamontagne
  54. Ice Cream – Sarah MacLachlan
  55. Crash – Dave Matthews Band
  56. Home – Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros
  57. Wild Horses – The Sundays
  58. Trouble – Ray Lamontagne
  59. Love Song – The Cure
  60. Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer
  61. You’re Just Too Good To Be True – Lauryn Hill

Our list of R&B Wedding Songs has even more great first dance songs!

  1. Never – Jaheim
  2. Forever My Lady – Jodeci
  3. Sweet Love – Anita Baker
  4. Caught Up in the Rapture – Anita Baker
  5. Spend My Life with You – Eric Benet & Tamia
  6. Nice and Slow – Usher
  7. You Got It Bad – Usher
  8. Ribbon in the Sky – Stevie Wonder
  9. You Mean the World to Me – Toni Braxton
  10. Always and Forever – Heat Wave
  11. On Bended Knee – Boyz II Men
  12. Never Let Go – Faith Evans
  13. Angel of Mine – Monica
  14. For You I Will – Monica
  15. The Sweetest Thing – Lauren Hill
  16. No Ordinary Love – Sade
  17. You – Jesse Powell
  18. The Cool in You – Babyface
  19. By Your Side – Sade
  20. I Swear – All-4-One
  21. Make it Last Forever – Keith Sweat
  22. Here and Now – Luther Vandross
  23. Every Beat of My Heart – Brian McKnight
  24. Back at One – Brian McKnight
  25. Saved the Best for Last – Vanessa Williams
  26. Crazy Love – Aaron Neville
  27. All My Life – K-Ci and Jojo
  28. Suddenly – Billy Ocean
  29. Three Times a Lady – The Commodores
  30. No One – Alicia Keys
  31. Hello – Lionel Richie
  32. Saving All My Love for You – Whitney Houston
  33. Everything – Mary J. Blige
  34. Family Affair – Mary J. Blige
  35. Popular Wedding Songs – Father/Daughter Dance Songs
  36. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  37. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
  38. Daddy’s Hands – Holly Dunn
  39. Daddy’s Little Girl – Al Martino
  40. Daughter of Mine – John McDermott
  41. Have I Told You Lately – Rod Stewart
  42. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
  43. Hero – Mariah Carey
  44. My Girl – Temptations
  45. My Special Angel – Bobby Helms
  46. Sunrise Sunset – Fiddler On The Roof
  47. The Men In My Little Girl’s Life – Mike Douglas
  48. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
  49. Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
  50. Turn Around – Harry Balafonte
  51. Wild World – Cat Stevens
  52. I Wish You Love – Dean Martin

Father Daughter Dance Songs – Something Different

  1. Forever Young – Bob Dylan
  2. Sweet Child O’ Mine – Guns N’ Roses (or Cheryl Crow version)
  3. Changes – Ozzy Osbourne
  4. Popular Wedding Songs – Mother/Son Dance Songs
  5. A Song For My Son – Bobby Morganstein
  6. A Song For Mama – Boyz II Men
  7. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
  8. I Am Your Child – Barry Manilow
  9. I Wish You Love – Natalie Cole
  10. Through The Years – Kenny Rogers
  11. Times of Your Life – Paul Anka
  12. You’re The Inspiration – Chicago
  13. What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
  14. Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler

Popular Wedding Songs – Cake Cutting Songs

  1. Chapel Of Love – Dixie Cups
  2. Cut The Cake – Average White Band
  3. Cuts Like A Knife – Bryan Adams
  4. Eat It – Wierd Al Yankovic
  5. Hit Me With Your Best Shot – Pat Benetar
  6. Happy Together – Turtles
  7. How Sweet It Is – James Taylor
  8. I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
  9. Jaws Theme – John Williams
  10. Love & Marriage – Frank Sinatra
  11. Love Me Tender – Elvis
  12. Recipe For Love – Harry Connick, Jr.
  13. Sugar Sugar – Archies

Popular Wedding Songs – Bouquet Toss/Garter Removal Songs

  1. Ladies Night – Kool & The Gang
  2. Girls Just Wanna Have Fun – Cyndi Lauper
  3. It’s Raining Men – Weather Girls
  4. Another One Bites The Dust – Queen Bad Boys – Inner Circle
  5. Bad To The Bone – George Thorogood
  6. Do Ya Think I’m Sexy – Rod Stewart
  7. I’m Too Sexy – Right Said Fred
  8. Jeopardy Theme
  9. Legs – ZZ Top
  10. Macho Man – Village People
  11. Man, I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
  12. Pretty Woman – Roy Orbinson
  13. Sharp Dressed Man – ZZ Top
  14. You Can Leave Your Hat On – Joe Cocker/Tom Jones
  15. You Sexy Thing – Hot Chocolate
  16. Talk Dirty To Me – Poison
  17. Naughty Naughty – John Parr
  18. Oh Yeah – Yello
  19. Mission Impossible Theme
  20. Popular Wedding Songs – Last Dance Songs
  21. As Times Go By – Jimmy Durante
  22. Goodnight Sweetheart – Spaniels
  23. Always & Forever – Heatwave
  24. Good Riddance (Time Of Your Life) – Green Day
  25. Hit The Road Jack – Ray Charles
  26. I’ve Had The Time Of My Live – B. Medley/J. Warnes
  27. Joy To The World – Three Dog Night
  28. Let’s Get It On – Marvin Gaye
  29. My Way – Frank Sinatra
  30. Save The Best For Last- Vanessa Williams
  31. The Last Dance – Frank Sinatra
  32. That’s What Friends Are For – Dionne Warwick
  33. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
  34. Last Dance – Donna Summer
  35. Na Na Hey Hey – Steam
  36. Theme From New York, New York (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection]
  37. Taking You Home (LP Version)
  38. Summer Wind (Remastered Album Version) [The Frank Sinatra Collection]
  39. What A Wonderful World
  40. Times Of Your Life

Second Thoughts Wedding Songs

You may want to give these songs a second thought when putting together your wedding playlist. Not only are most of them cheesy and grossly overplayed at weddings, some contain lyrics that are completely inappropriate for a wedding.

Chicken Dance – Our Take: Nothing about a wedding screams “flap your arms and pretend to be a

chicken.” Nothing. No one likes this dance, we promise.

YMCA – The Village People. Our Take: Most people look ridiculous attempting to spell out the letters.

Shout – Isley Brothers. Our Take: One of the most overplayed songs at a wedding reception. Please be original and leave this off your play list.

Macarena – Del Rio. Our Take: As a general rule, songs that promote a form of line dancing should be reserved for bad karaoke bars.

Electric Slide – Our Take: See previous response.

Celebration – Kool and the Gang. Our Take: Again, grossly overplayed.

Hot, Hot, Hot – Buster Poindexter. Our Take: So not hot!

Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion. Our Take: Leave the Titanic song off the playlist unless you want to leave the impression that your marriage is a sinking ship.

Gold Digger – Kanye West. Our Take: Jaws drop, the dance floor clears, and the first official fight between the bride and groom commences

D-I-V-O-R-C-E – Tammy Wynette. Our Take: Seriously?