The wedding: music

As earlier posts indicated, while all the other elements of the wedding went very smoothly, the music was a proverbial thorn in my side.  First it was the repair and re-installation of the main control unit for our whole house sound system, which didn't take place until the morning of the wedding day.  Next it was the uploading of songs from our CDs and downloading of songs from the internet into 1 playlist.  

Then on the morning of the wedding the mp3 player would not play the playlist through the music system.  My friend Ted suggested we use my laptop instead, which seemed to work just fine.  But then we noticed that the playlist was skipping certain songs!  Fortunately Jason & Kevin came to our rescue and figured out why.

The final result was that we used my laptop, plugged into the main control unit of the whole house sound system, to pipe our playlist throughout the house for both the pre-ceremony time, the ceremony itself, and the entire reception.  It all worked out and sounded beautiful. 

Here's our playlist:

**Pre-ceremony while guests arrive

June in January                                           Julie London

I’ve Got a Crush on You                             Linda Ronstadt

Til There Was You                                      Sherry Petta

It Might As Well Be Spring                       Ella Fitzgerald

My Romance                                                Carly Simon

The Nearness of You                                  Accoustix

**Ceremony begins - music stops

We’ve Only Just Begun                              sung live by Christy

Time After Time                                          sung live by Ted

**Ceremony ends - music resumes

Finally!                                                          Ce Ce Peniston

Time After Time                                          Margaret Whiting

At Last                                                           Etta James

Misty                                                              Johnny Mathis

What Are You Doing Rest of Your Life?  The Real Group

Dancing Queen                                            Abba

Come Rain or Come Shine                        Bette Midler

You’d Be So Nice to Come Home To       Julie London

We've Only Just Begun                              Carpenters

Happiness is Just a Thing Called Joe     Judy Garland

Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square    Manhattan Transfer

Express Yourself                                         Madonna

Chances Are                                                 Johnny Mathis

Firework                                                       Katy Perry

Embraceable You                                       Sarah Vaughn

Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered       Laura Fygi

Day By Day                                                 Accoustix

All The Things You Are                            Ella Fitzgerald

Candy                                                           Manhattan Transfer

For Sentimental Reasons                         Linda Ronstadt

For Once In My Life                                  Stevie Wonder

Body and Soul                                            The Real Group

Moves Like Jagger                                    Adam Levine

I’ve Got the World on a String               Ella Fitzgerald

Can You Feel The Love Tonight            Elton John

I Got a Feeling/Tonight’s the Night     Black Eyed Peas

Skylark                                                       The Real Group

Love Shack                                                B-52s

It Had To Be You                                     Harry Connick, Jr

Macarena                                                   Los Dos Rio

Unfortgettable                                          Nat King Cole

Wind Beneath My Wings                       Bette Midler

Love Boat                                                   Dominic Hauser

I Won’t Last a Day Without You           Carpenters

Caught Up In The Rapture of Love      Anita Baker

You Are The Sunshine Of My Life        Stevie Wonder

Our Love is Here to Stay                        Julie London

Can’t Get Enough of Your Love            Barry White

Glory of Love                                            Bette Midler

How Sweet It Is                                        James Taylor

Holiday                                                      Madonna

When I Fall In Love                                Linda Ronstadt

L-O-V-E                                                     Nat King Cole

Truly, Madly, Deeply                              Savage Garden

Body and Soul                                          The Real Group

True Colors                                               Cyndi Lauper

Fever                                                          Peggy Lee

Oo-La-La-La                                             Teena Marie

Tuxedo Junction                                      Manhattan Transfer

Shake Your Groove Thing                      Peaches & Herb

Shadow of your Smile                             Astrid Gilberto

Crazy Little Thing Called Love              Queen

Out On a Limb                                          Teena Marie

I’m Coming Out                                        Diana Ross

I Have Nothing                                         Whitney Houston

Get Into The Groove                                Madonna

I Knew I Loved You                                 Savage Garden

If I Were A Bell                                         Teena Marie

Lucky Star                                                  Madonna

When Sunny Gets Blue                            Johnny Mathis

Livin’ La Vida Loca                                   Ricky Martin

Heart’s Desire                                            Manhattan Transfer

Yellow Diamonds                                      Rihanna

Sweet Love                                                 Anita Baker

This Time The Dream’s On Me              Ella Fitzgerald

Take A Chance On Me                             Abba

Girl From Ipanema                                  Astrid Gilberto

You’re The Top                                         Ethel Merman

Vogue                                                         Madonna

Someone To Watch Over Me                 Sarah Vaughn

DJ Got Us Fallin’ In Love                       Usher

Stairway to the Stars                               Ella Fitzgerald

For All We Know                                      Bette Midler

Its De-Lovely                                             Ethel Merman

Until I Met You                                         Manhattan Transfer

Borderline                                                  Madonna

As you can see there was a mixture of older and current songs, ballads and up-tempo songs.  Obviously the running theme of the playlist was love and romance.  I was really happy with the way it turned out.  

As I heard the songs playing in the background the entire night I kept thinking "Oh, I love this song!", and then I'd remember that I created the playlist!