Wedding Playlists Part 6: Dance Music

Walk Like An Egyptian – The Bangles  3:24 All I Want Is  You – Barry Lousi Polisar  2:40 Poison – Bell Biv DeVoe  4:22 White Wedding – Billy Idol  4:09 Get Outta My Dreams Get into My Car – Billy Ocean  4:47 I Gotta Feeling – The Black Eyed Peas  4:49 Never My Love – …

Wedding Playlists Part 4: Dinner Music

Ah, the barely notices Cocktail/ Dinner Transition Hour playlist. My aspirations for this list is that it would give a vintage party vibe, a little more amped up than the last playlist but not without the feeling of time travel: Make You Feel My Love – Adele  3:32 – First discovered by watching So You …

Wedding Playlists Part 3: Cocktail Hour

We chose to play a delicious set of classic standards and covers during the cocktail hour to accentuate the ambiance of the vintage feel of the salon at the Roycroft Inn. Here’s the playlist and liner notes for the mix of standards that I gave some of the guests at our wedding as a wedding …

Wedding Playlists Part 2: Ceremony Music

Here’s the music we used during the ceremony. Definitely some non-traditional choices, but each song was such a perfect fit for the function it was placed in during the ceremony that it really didn’t seem to be noticeably “different”; it was more like each aspect of the ceremony became noticeably more interesting. At least that’s …

Wedding Playlists Part 1: Prelude Music

Welcome the Part 1 of 10 of my Wedding Music blogging series. Today, I present you with the playlist I created to be used as prelude music during the hour before the ceremony. Rather than boring live strings doing vague covers of songs we love, we chose to have the DJ come and play the …

April 2010 Playlist

APRIL 2010 Playlist 1. Carole King – “Child of Mine” 2. Guster – “So Long” 3. Bonnie Raitt – “Burning Down The House” 4. Glen Campbell – “Gentle On My Mind” 5. Florence + The Machine – “Girl With One Eye” 6. The Dixie Cups – “Iko Iko” 7. King Straggler – “Good Man” 8. …

March 2010 Playlist

1. Santana (feat. Wyclef Jean) – Maria Maria 2. Bush – Comedown 3. The Animals – It’s My Life 4. Ben Harper – Woman In You 5. Fleet Foxes – Your Protector 6. Lou Reed – Perfect Day 7. The Beach Boys – Sloop John B 8. Rogue Wave – Lake Michigan 9. Joni Mitchell …

Tracks Of My Tears by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

SONG OF THE DAY “Tracks Of My Tears” by Smokey Robinson & The Miracles (Going To A Go-Go, Tamla, 1965). Written by William “Smokey” Robinson, Jr., Warren “Pete” Moore, and Marvin “Marv” Tarplin of “The Miracles”. WHY TODAY? I couldn’t stop singing this tonight! It was my lullaby to Todd tonight, and then after he fell asleep I …