Do you still have a few blank spots on your wedding ceremony playlist? All Around Raleigh DJ is here to help! There are so many wonderful songs and wonderful covers of those songs both classical and contemporary. We hope you enjoy these songs and they inspire your wedding ceremony song list!
We’re back with another amazing wedding that we got to DJ for! It was all smiles at Stephanie & Daniel’s wedding at 305 Trackside and we’re so glad to have been able to provide the music for their day. We’re too excited to share some of our favorite images of their wedding by Jennifer B Photography!
The night opened up with some light acoustic music for the cocktail hour which allowed everyone to catch up and have a few drinks as the newlyweds took photos with their bridal party and family. We brought everyone in to the reception area and then introduced the parents and bridal party to “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” by Stevie Wonder but changed it up to, one of our favorites, “Come and Get Your Love” by Redbone to introduce the Bride & Groom. Stephanie’s Dad said a very nice welcome speech then Daniel’s Dad said a blessing to open up dinner. Dinner was served with Motown, oldies, light, upbeat, classic soul and jazz gave the occasion a timeless touch, allowing guests to share memories and enjoy the delicious cuisine from 39 West Catering.
After beautiful toasts from the Bride’s brother and then the Best Man, the newlyweds took the dance floor to share their first dance as a married couple to “Baby, I Need Your Loving” by The Four Tops. Stephanie and her Dad then danced their Father/Daughter Dance to an instrumental version of “Perfect” by Ed Sheehan followed by the Mother/Son Dance to “Wonder of You” by Elvis . We opened up the dance floor with the Anniversary Dance and it was immediately clear that Stephanie and Daniel’s guests came to celebrate! We happily obliged and had a really great night of dancing and celebrating this amazing couple.
Stephanie and Daniel designed their timeline to maximize time spent on the dance floor, and I’m really glad they did! Their friends and family kept dancing the entire time, all the way up to the last song of the evening, “Hooked on a Feeling” by Blue Swede. It was a fitting song to capture the mood of pure joy and celebration of this wonderful couple’s wedding. The night ended with a very fun sparkler exit. Congratulations and best wishes, Stephanie and Daniel!
Venue: 305 Trackside
Photographer: Jennifer B. Photography
Coordinator: A Lovely Affair Weddings
Caterer: 39 West Catering
Wedding Cake Baker: C Cups Cupcakes
Ceremony Musician: Winifred G Harpest
Rentals: Ward Productions
Florist: Specialties Events
Makeup: Sunshine Artistry
Gin & Perry had the most amazing, blow-out, party wedding of their dreams at Belt Line Station! This was one wild and fun wedding and we got to supply the playlist for a very memorable night. Please check out the amazing work by Ariel Kaitlin Photography below.
To start their cocktail hour and set the tone, Gin & Perry wanted some 80’s music, blues and some great rock classics. We brought them into their reception to 24K Magic by Bruno Mars and it just about brought the venue down! Gin & Perry chose ‘Let’s Stay Together’ by Al Green for their first dance as a married couple. The dinner playlist was a really fun playlist of James Taylor, Leon Bridges, Ray LaMontagne, Lauryn Hill, Michael Buble and more. When dinner was just about finished, Gin & Perry played The Shoe Game to throw even more fun into the night. We opened up the dance floor after toasts and it was packed immediately and stayed that way all night long. This was a really, really fun wedding and Gin & Perry had a lot of fun planning their day and we had a great time working with them.
Venue: Belt Line Station
Photographer: Ariel Kaitlin Photography
Florist: Petal & Oak
Caterer: Belt Line Station
Pies and Tarts Baker: Belt Line Station
Here are 18 great songs to pick from for your Cake Cutting at your wedding reception. All Around Raleigh DJ Company is based in Raleigh, NC and we are Raleigh wedding DJ specialists! We would love to hear from you if you have any thoughts on additional songs!
1. Sugar – Maroon 5
2. Whatever It Is – Zac Brown Band
3. Sugar, Sugar – Archies
4. Joy to the World – Three Dog Night
5. I Got You Babe – Sonny & Cher
6. How Sweet It Is – James Taylor or Marvin Gaye
7. Better Together – Jack Johnson
8. Pour Some Sugar On Me – Def Leppard
9. Love Makes the World Go ‘Round – Deon Jackson
10. Sweetest Thing – U2
11. Just One Look – Doris Troy
12. Love Grows – Edison Lighthouse
13. A Kiss To Build a Dream On – Louis Armstrong
14. When I’m 64 – Beatles
15. It Had to Be You – Harry Connick Jr.
16. Love and Marriage (Married w/Children) – Sinatra
17. Cut the Cake – Average White Band
18. Honey Bee – Blake Shelton
1. At Last – Etta James (Beyonce has an excellent version too)
2. All My Life – K-Ci and JoJo
3. Amazed – Lonestar
4. Always – Atlantic Star
5. All of Me – John Legend
6. La La Means I Love You – Delfonics
7. I Swear – All For One
8. Marry Me – Train
9. I Cross My Heart – George Straight
10. Me & You – Kenny Chesney
11. Amazed – Lonestar
12. Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
13. Angel – Aerosmith
14. Then – Brad Paisley
15. I Can Love You Like That – All For One
16. That’s Where It’s At – Sam Cooke
17. Make You Feel My Love – Adele (Garth Brooks too)
18. I Do – Paul Brandt
19. Kissing You – Des’ree
20. I Choose You – Andy Grammer
21. Home – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
22. Never Let Go – Hanson
23. You and Me – Dave Matthews Band
24. Steady As We Go – Dave Matthews Band
25. This Must Be the Place – The Talking Heads
26. You’re My Best Friend – Queen
27. Lucky – Colbie Cailat and Jason Mraz
28. My Best Friend – Tim McGraw
29. You Are The Best Thing – Ray LaMontagne
30. Keb’ Mo’ – One Friend
31. Thank You – Led Zeppelin
32. One – U2
33. Stolen – Dashboard Confessional
34. La Vie En Rose – Louis Armstrong
35. Love Song – Cure (311 too)
36. Come Away With Me – Norah Jones
37. Sweet and Low – Augustana
38. I’ll Be – Edwin McCain
39. You’re Just Too Good to Be True – Lauren Hill (Four Seasons too)
40. Everything – Michael Buble
41. Thinking Out Loud – Ed Sheeran
42. Love and Happiness – Al Green
43. Fade Into You – Mazzie Star
44. Lovely Day – Bill Withers
45. Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington
46. I Wanna Grow Old With You – Adam Sandler
47. Rhythm of Love – Plain White T’s
48. A Kiss To Build A Dream On – Louie Armstrong
49. A Wink and a Smile – Harry Connick Jr.
50. I Don’t Want to Miss a Thing – Aerosmith
51. Unforgettable – Nat King Cole (With/Without Natalie Cole too)
52. I Can Love You Like That – John Montgomery
53. From This Moment On – Shania Twain
54. Our Love Is Here To Stay – Harry Connick Jr.
55. No Ordinary Love – Sade
56. When You Say Nothing At All – Allison Krauss
57. As Time Goes By (A Kiss is Just a Kiss) – Michael Feinstein (Johnny Mathis too)
58. Faithfully – Journey
59. The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra
60. Wonderful Tonight – Eric Clapton
61. I Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis (UB40 too)
62. Someone Like You – Van Morrison
63. Can’t Help Falling in Love – Haley Reinhart
64. When a Man Loves a Woman – Otis Redding
65. I Will – Dean Martin
66. Somewhere Over the Rainbow/What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
67. Better Together – Jack Johnson
68. Feels Like Home To Me – Chantal Kreviasuk
69. Like Red on a Rose – Alan Jackson
70. Always and Forever – Heatwave
71. Loving You Is All I Know – The Pretenders
72. Into the Mystic – Van Morrison
73. I’ll Stand By You – The Pretenders
74. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
75. The Luckiest – Ben Folds
76. Lost in this Moment – Big & Rich
77. Wicked Games – Chris Isaac
78. Breathe Me – Sia
79. It Won’t Be Like This for Long – Darius Rucker
80. Sunday Kind of Love – Etta James
81. That’s How Strong My Love Is – Otis Redding
82. You Are My First, My Last, My Everything – Barry White
83. You Are My Special Angel – Bobby Helms
84. Romeo and Juliet – Mark Knopfler
85. Ingrid Michaelson – The Way I Am
86. Forever and Ever Amen – Randy Travis
87. For Once in My Life – Stevie Wonder
88. Eternal Flame – The Bangles
89. You Are the Sunshine of my Life – Stevie Wonder
90. I Only Have Eyes For You – The Flamingos
91. In My Life – The Beatles
92. I Will – Beatles
93. I Just Want to Make Love to You – Etta James
94. Bless the Broken Road – Rascal Flatts
95. Fly Me To the Moon – Frank Sinatra
96. Save the Last Dance For Me – Drifters with Ben E. King
97. Whatever It Is – Zac Brown Band
98. L.O.V.E. – Nat King Cole
99. Truly, Madly, Deeply – Savage Garden
100. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
101. Fields of Gold – Sting
Here they are! Your 2017 list of The 52 Best Country Party Songs according to … us! Let me know what you think and if you have anything you want to add to the list just leave me a comment! All Around Raleigh DJ is a DJ company in Raleigh, NC. Please visit www.allaroundraleighdj.com and we specialize in weddings in the Raleigh, NC area.
1. Alabama – Dixieland Delight
2. Summertime – Kenny Chesney
3. Redneck Woman – Gretchen Wilson
4. Honky Tonk Badonkadonk – Trace Adkins
5. I Like It, I Love It – Tim McGraw
6. Its Five O’ Clock Somewhere – Alan Jackson ft. Jimmy Buffett
7. That’s My Kind of Night – Luke Bryan
8. Cotton Eyed Joe – Rednex (and other versions)
9. Thank God I’m A Country Boy – Jon Denver
10. Here for the Party – Gretchen Wilson
11. Fast As You – Dwight Yoakam
12. She Thinks My Tractor’s Sexy – Kenny Chesney
13. Born to Boogie – Hank Williams Jr.
14. Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn
15. Chicken Fried – Zac Brown Band
16. Brand New Girlfriend – Steve Holy
17. Kick A Little – Little Texas
18. Man! I Feel Like A Woman – Shania Twain
19. No Shoes, No Shirt, No Problems” – Kenny Chesney
20. Margaritaville – Jimmy Buffett
21. What Was I Thinking – Dierks Bentley
22. Be My Baby Tonight – John Michael Montgomery
23. Don’t Rock the Jukebox – Alan Jackson
24. One More Last Chance – Vince Gill
25. Any Man of Mine – Shania Twain
26. Down on the Farm– Tim Mcgraw
27. I’ve Got Friends in Low Places – Garth Brooks
28. Achy Breaky Heart – Billy Ray Cyrus
29. All My Rowdy Friends Are Coming Over Tonight – Hank Williams, Jr.
30. Baby Likes to Rock It – The Trains
31. You Never Even Called Me by My Name – David Allen Coe
32. Family Tradition – Hank Williams Jr.
33. Suds in the Bucket – Sara Evans
34. When The Sun Goes Down – Kenny Chesney
35. Save A Horse, Ride A Cowboy – Big and Rich
36. Prop Me Up – Joe Diffie
37. She’s In Love With The Boy – Trisha Yearwood
38. Alcohol – Brad Paisley
39. Ain’t Going Down Til the Sun Comes Up – Garth Brooks
40. Real Good Man – Tim McGraw
41. Fishin’ in the Dark – Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
42. All Summer Long – Kid Rock
43. Chattahoochee – Alan Jackson
44. Brown Chicken Brown Cow – Trace Adkins
45. Summertime Blues – Alan Jackson
46. Watermelon Crawl – Tracy Byrd
47. Play Something Country – Brooks and Dunn
48. Alabama – Mountain Music
49. Need You Now – Lady Antebellum
50. Chug-A-Lug – Roger Miller
51. Theme from Dukes of Hazzard – Waylon Jenning
52. Devil Went Down to Georgia – Charlie Daniels
We had the pleasure of joining Beau & Emily for their wedding on October 20th, 2012 at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship Church of Raleigh. They met at the same church a few years back so it made for an extra special evening. Special thanks to Rachel Linder at Blue Barn Photography for the great photos which are just below the planner!
Beau & Emily’s Wonderful Vendors:
DJ – All Around Raleigh DJ Company | Photographer – Blue Barn Photography | Caterer – RockyTop Catering | Venue – UUFR
Real Wedding Ceremony Music Selections:
1. Prelude (Guests arriving and taking their seats) – Classic Love Songs like Van Morrison, Norah Jones, Jack Johnson
2. Pre-processional (Seating of Parents and Grandparents) – Four Seasons by Vivaldi
3. Processional (Bridal Party Entrance) – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B
4. Bride’s Entrance – Canon and Gigue in D
5. Recessional – Married Life from Pixar’s movie Up
Real Wedding Reception Music Selections:
1. Grand Entrance – I Gotta Feeling by Black Eyed Peas
2. First Dance – The Way I Am by Ingrid Michaelson
3. Combined Mother Son Dance & Father Daughter Dance – Wonderful Tonight by Eric Clapton
4. Cake Cutting Song – Pour Some Sugar on Me by Def Leppard
5. Bouquet Toss – Just a Girl by No Doubt | Garter Toss – None
6. Last Dance -Make You Feel My Love by Adele
7. Grand Exit – None
We’ve put together a this list of 30 father/daughter slow dance songs for your wedding. Some of these are very unique and I’ve never actually seen used while some are obvious but you’ll hear why when you listen to them.
1. I Loved Her First – Heartland
2. Daughters – John Mayer
3. Keeper of the Stars – Tracy Byrd
4. How Sweet It Is – James Taylor (Marvin Gaye too)
5. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
6. Father and Daughter – Paul Simon
7. Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion
8. My Girl – Temptations
9. In My Daughter’s Eyes – Martina McBride
10. Unforgettable – Natalie & Nat King Cole
11. Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder
12. I Hope You Dance – Lee Ann Womack
13. You Are So Beautiful – Joe Cocker
14. Landslide – Fleetwood Mac
15. Pretty Woman – Roy Orbison
16. Lullabye – Billy Joel
17. In My Life – John Lennon
18. All You Need Is Love – Beatles
19. Somewhere Over the Rainbow / What a Wonderful World – Israel Kamakawiwo’ole
20. Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch – Temptations
21. Sweet Child of Mine – Guns n Roses
22. You’re My Best Friend – Queen
23. Stand By Me – Ben E. King
24. Through the Years – Kenny Rogers
25. Time After Time – Cyndi Lauper
26. My Little Girl – Tim McGraw
27. Darius Rucker – It Won’t Be Like This For Long
28. Butterfly Kisses – Bob Carlisle
29. My Wish – Rascal Flatt
30. Cinderella – Steven Curtis Chapman
