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 Your
wedding day will be one of the most treasured memories of your life, so you will enjoy peace of mind knowing that Nard's brings more
than 30 years of experience when doing a wedding. We'll make sure
your reception sparkles with excitement...and that you have a worry
free event you'll treasure forever.
We know that selecting the right wedding music can take a lot of
time and effort. Fortunately, we can help. Nard's Professional DJ
Service has more than 30,000 songs in it's music library that covers all types of music.
Nard's is a charter member of the Richmond Bridal Association and Richmond Wedding Professionals.
Below, we have provided some sample lists that should be helpful
in your selection of songs for the specific events during your wedding
and reception. You can also use the Online
Song Library to sample clips from various songs.
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| Wedding Music |
The following charts represent some of the most popular
wedding songs. Use these lists to gather ideas on songs that you would
like to hear during your wedding and at your reception. |
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| Wedding Reception -
First Dance |
Your first dance together as newlyweds is a
special time filled with emotion and romance. The following chart
represents some of the most popular first dance songs.
Click any highlighted song for additional information. |
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Title |
Artist |
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1. |
Amazed |
Lonestar |
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2. |
From
This Moment On |
Shania Twain or w/Bryan White |
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3. |
At
Last |
Etta James |
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4. |
Because
You Loved Me |
Celine Dion |
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5. |
I
Cross My Heart |
George Strait |
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6. |
It's Your Love |
Tim McGraw &
Faith Hill |
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7. |
Wonderful Tonight |
Eric Clapton |
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8. |
Have I Told You
Lately |
Rod Stewart or Van
Morrison |
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9. |
I Swear |
John Michael Montgomery or All-For-One |
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10. |
Unchained Melody |
Righteous Brothers |
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11. |
I Knew I Loved You |
Savage Garden |
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12. |
Always and Forever |
Heatwave |
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13. |
Way You Look
Tonight |
Frank Sinatra |
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14. |
True Companion |
Mark Cohn |
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15. |
Endless Love |
Lionel Richie &
Diana Ross |
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16. |
I Do(Cherish You) |
98 Degrees or Mark Wills |
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17. |
It Had To Be You |
Harry Connick Jr. |
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18. |
Could I Have This
Dance |
Anne Murray |
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19. |
Here and Now |
Luther Vandross |
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20. |
Truly, Madly, Deeply |
Savage Garden |
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21. |
Everything I Do |
Bryan Adams |
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22. |
Always |
Atlantic Starr |
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23. |
I Could Not Ask
For More |
Edwin McCain |
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24. |
All My Life |
K-C & JoJo |
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25. |
Taking You Home |
Don Henley |
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26. |
Beautiful In My
Eyes |
Joshua Kadison |
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27. |
When a Man Loves
a Woman |
Percy Sledge or
Michael Bolton |
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28. |
Breathe |
Faith Hill |
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29. |
What a Wonderful
World |
Louis Armstrong |
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30. |
Can't Help Falling
In Love |
Elvis Presley |
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31. |
Unforgettable |
Nat King Cole &
Natalie |
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32. |
My Heart Will Go
On |
Celine Dion |
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33. |
Keeper Of the Stars |
Tracy Byrd |
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34. |
I Finally Found
Someone |
Barbara Streisand |
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35. |
Love Of a Lifetime |
Firehouse |
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36. |
I Don't Want To
Miss a Thing |
Aerosmith or Mark Chesnutt |
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37. |
Grow Old With Me |
Mary-Chapin Carpenter |
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38. |
When You Say Nothing
At All |
Alison Krauss |
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39. |
This I Promise You |
N' Sync |
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40. |
Look At Us |
Vince Gill |
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41. |
Me and You |
Kenny Chesney |
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42. |
Everything |
Michael Buble |
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43. |
By My Side |
Ben Harper |
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44. |
Lucky |
Jason Mraz & Colbie Caillat |
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45. |
Then |
Brad Paisley |
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46. |
At the Beginning |
Richard Marx & Donna Lewis |
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47. |
I'm Yours |
Jason Mraz |
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48. |
If There Hadn't Been You |
Billy Dean |
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49. |
When I Look Into Your Eyes |
Firehouse |
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50. |
Forever and Ever, Amen |
Randy Travis |
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51. |
Cherish |
Association |
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52. |
Best Is Yet To Come |
Frank Sinatra |
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53. |
Bless the Broken Road |
Rascal Flatts |
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54. |
You Are the Best Thing |
Ray LaMontagne |
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55. |
Close Enough To Perfect |
Alabama |
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56. |
My Best Friend |
Tim McGraw |
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57. |
You're the First, the Last, My Everything |
Barry White |
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58. |
Spend My Life With You |
Eric Benet & Tamia |
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59. |
When I Said I Do |
Clint Black |
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60. |
You Had Me At Hello |
Kenny Chesney |
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61. |
To Make You Feel My Love |
Garth Brooks |
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62. |
You and I |
Eddie Rabbitt & Crystal Gayle |
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63. |
All the Way |
Celine Dion & Frank Sinatra |
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64. |
Valentine |
Martina McBride |
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65. |
For You |
Kenny Lattimore |
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66. |
In Your Eyes |
Peter Gabriel |
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67. |
When I Fall In Love |
Natalie Cole |
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68. |
You Are So Beautiful |
Joe Cocker |
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69. |
Love Of My Life |
Jim Brickman |
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70. |
Give Me Forever |
John Tesh & James Ingram |
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71. |
Just the Way You Are |
Billy Joel |
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72. |
Love Of My Life |
Sammy Kershaw |
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73. |
Angel Eyes |
Jeff Healy |
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74. |
Into the Mystic |
Van Morrison |
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75. |
Stay With You |
John Legend |
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76. |
Love Me Like a Song |
Kimmie Rhodes & Willie Nelson |
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77. |
Just In Time |
Dean Martin |
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78. |
More Than Yesterday |
Spiral Staircase |
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79. |
Way I Am |
Ingrid Michaelson |
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80. |
She's Every Woman |
Garth Brooks |
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81. |
Ain't That a Kick In the Head |
Dean Martin |
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82. |
Por Una Cabeza |
Tango Project |
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83. |
Lost In This Moment |
Big & Rich |
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84. |
Faithfully |
Journey |
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85. |
Tiny Dancer |
Elton John |
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86. |
Wish You Were Here |
Pink Floyd |
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87. |
Come Away With Me |
Norah Jones |
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88. |
Book Of Love |
Peter Gabriel |
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89. |
When You Got a Good Thing |
Lady Antebellum |
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90. |
I'll Try |
Alan Jackson |
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91. |
Beautiful Day |
U2 |
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92. |
Make You Feel My Love |
Adele |
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93. |
Can't Take My Eyes Off You |
Frankie Valli |
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94. |
Baby I'm Yours |
Barbara Lewis |
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95. |
Hawaiian Wedding Song |
Elvis Presley |
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96. |
Crazy Girl |
Eli Young Band |
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97. |
What You Give |
Tesla |
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98. |
You Are |
Jimmy Wayne |
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99. |
Sideways |
Citizen Cope |
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100. |
Home |
Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros |
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101. |
All the Young Monogamists |
Steven Page |
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102. |
Always |
Erasure |
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103. |
Collide |
Howie Day |
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104. |
You Are the One |
Elliott Yamin |
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105. |
Got It Right This Time |
Keith Urban |
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106. |
God Gave Me You |
Blake Shelton |
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107. |
I Wanna Grow Old With You |
Lazard & Muzzy G |
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108. |
Smile |
Uncle Kracker |
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109. |
Fields Of Gold |
Sting |
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110. |
More Than Words |
Extreme |
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111. |
Just a Kiss |
Lady Antebellum |
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112. |
All My Days |
Alexi Murdoch |
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113. |
Calling You |
Blue October |
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114. |
Marry Me |
Train or Martina McBride & Pat Monahan |
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115. |
Just You and Me |
Chicago |
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116. |
My Best Friend |
Tim McGraw |
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117. |
Something |
Beatles |
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118. |
Tupelo Honey |
Van Morrison |
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119. |
You & Me |
Dave Matthews Band |
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120. |
Not With Haste |
Mumford & Sons |
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121. |
I'd Rather Be With You |
Joshua Radin |
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122. |
Deeper Than the Holler |
Randy Travis |
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123. |
Smile |
Uncle Kracker |
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124. |
You and I |
Michael Buble' |
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| Father
/ Daughter Dance |
Are you a daddy's girl, special angel, or even
his hero? The following chart represents some of the most popular Father/Daughter
dance songs.
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Title |
Artist |
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1. |
Butterfly
Kisses |
Bob Carlisle |
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2. |
Daddy's
Little Girl |
Al Martino |
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3. |
Unforgettable |
Nat King & Natalie Cole |
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4. |
Wind Beneath My
Wings |
Bette Midler |
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5. |
Because You Loved
Me |
Celine Dion |
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6. |
Way You Look
Tonight |
Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett or Rod Stewart |
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7. |
Daddy's Hands |
Holly Dunn |
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8. |
What a Wonderful
World |
Louie Armstrong |
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9. |
Through the Years |
Kenny Rogers |
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10. |
My Girl |
Temptations |
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11. |
Hero |
Mariah Carey |
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12. |
Have I Told You
Lately |
Van Morrison or Rod Stewart |
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13. |
Wonderful Tonight |
Eric Clapton |
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14. |
Daughter of Mine |
John McDermott |
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15. |
Good Riddance(Time of Your Life) |
Green Day |
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16. |
Isn't She Lovely |
Stevie Wonder |
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17. |
Song For My Daughter |
Mikki Viereck |
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18. |
You're the Inspiration |
Chicago |
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19. |
My Special Angel |
Bobby Helms |
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20. |
You Decorated My Life |
Kenny Rogers |
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21. |
Dance With My Father |
Luther Vandross |
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22. |
My Little Girl |
Tim McGraw |
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23. |
You'll Be In My Heart |
Phil Collins |
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24. |
Stealing Cindrella |
Chuck Wick |
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25. |
Lost In This Moment |
Big & Rich |
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26. |
Cinderella |
Steven Curtis Chapman |
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27. |
Daughter |
Loudon Wainwright III |
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28. |
God Only Knows |
Beach Boys |
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29. |
Thanks Again |
Ricky Scaggs |
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30. |
I Cross My Heart |
George Straight |
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31. |
Sunrise, Sunset |
Fiddler On the Roof |
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32. |
Turn Around |
Harry Belafonte |
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33. |
Wild World |
Cat Stevens |
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34. |
I Wish You Love |
Natalie Cole |
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35. |
Forever Young |
Bob Dylan |
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36. |
Sweet Child Of Mine |
Guns N Roses or Sheryl Crow |
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37. |
Changes |
Ozzy & Kelly Osbourne |
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38. |
You've Got a Friend |
James Taylor |
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39. |
Turn Around |
Nancy Griffith |
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40. |
Dance With Me, Daughter Of Mine |
John McDermott |
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41. |
Daddy's Little Girl |
Michael Bolton |
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42. |
What I Did For Love |
Chorus Line |
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43. |
Landslide |
Dixie Chicks or Fleetwood Mac |
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44. |
Old Man |
Neil Young |
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45. |
Never Alone |
Jim Brickman & Lady Antebellum |
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46. |
Mi Nina Bonita |
David & the High Spirit |
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47. |
There You'll Be |
Faith Hill |
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48. |
Words I Would Say |
Sidewalk Prophets |
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49. |
I'll Stand By You |
Pretenders |
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50. |
Wonderful Tonight |
Eric Clapton |
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51. |
I Hope You Dance |
Leann Womack |
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52. |
Over the Rainbow |
Eva Cassidy or Ray Charles |
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53. |
Bubbly |
Colbie Caillat |
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54. |
Michelle |
Beatles |
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55. |
O-o-h Child |
Beverly Mahood |
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56. |
Fly |
Sugar Ray |
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57. |
Walk With You |
Edwin McCain |
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58. |
Tough Little Boys |
Gary Allan |
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59. |
You'll Be In My Heart |
Phil Collins |
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60. |
Teach Your Children |
Crosby, Stills & Nash |
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61. |
I'll Be Seeing You |
Frank Sinatra |
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62. |
You've Got a Friend |
James Taylor |
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63. |
My Wish |
Rascal Flatts |
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64. |
Lullabye(Goodnight, My Angel |
Billy Joel |
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65. |
Something in the Way She Moves |
James Taylor |
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66. |
In My Daughter's Eyes |
Martina McBride |
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67. |
I Loved Her First |
Heartland |
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| Mother / Son
Dance |
The following chart represents some of the most popular
Mother/Son dance songs.
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Title |
Artist |
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1. |
Wind
Beneath My Wings |
Bette Midler |
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2. |
Through
the Years |
Kenny Rogers |
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3. |
Song For Mama |
Boys II Men |
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4. |
Song For My Son |
Mikki Viereck |
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5. |
What a Wonderful
World |
Louis Armstrong |
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6. |
Because You Loved
Me |
Celine Dion or Johnny Mathis |
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7. |
Unforgettable |
Nat King & Natalie Cole |
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8. |
Have I Told You
Lately |
Rod Stewart |
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9. |
Forever Young |
Alphaville |
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10. |
Sunrise Sunset |
Fiddler on the Roof
Soundtrack |
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11. |
In My Life |
Beatles or Bette Midler |
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12. |
Perfect Fan |
Backstreet Boys |
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13. |
Rose |
Bette Midler |
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14. |
I Am Your Child |
Barry Manilow |
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15. |
Can I Have This
Dance |
Anne Murray |
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16. |
Hero |
Mariah Carey |
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17. |
Beautiful In My
Eyes |
Joshua Kadison |
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18. |
Smile Like Yours |
Natalie Cole |
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19. |
Memories |
Elvis Presley |
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20. |
If... |
Bread |
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21. |
Godspeed |
Dixie Chicks |
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22. |
If There Hadn't Been You |
Billy Dean |
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23. |
In My Mother's Eyes |
Willie Nelson |
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24. |
Dock Of The Bay |
Otis Redding |
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25. |
My Wish |
Rascal Flatts |
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26. |
You Raise Me Up |
Josh Grobin |
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27. |
Somewhere Over The Rainbow |
Eric Clapton or Ray Charles |
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28. |
You Light Up My Life |
Whitney Houston |
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29. |
Do I Make You Proud |
Taylor Hicks |
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30. |
You're Gonna Be |
Reba McEntire |
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31. |
I Wish You Love |
Natalie Cole |
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32. |
Times Of Your Life |
Paul Anka |
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33. |
You're My Inspiration |
Chicago |
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34. |
Perfect Fan |
Backstreet Boys |
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35. |
Forever Young |
Rod Stewart |
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36. |
Landslide |
Dixie Chicks |
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37. |
Mother's Song |
T. Carter |
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38. |
There You'll Be |
Faith Hill |
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39. |
Don't Stop Believing |
Journey |
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40. |
You Are the Sunshine Of My Life |
Stevie Wonder |
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41. |
Stand By Me |
Ben E. King |
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42. |
Sunshine On My Shoulder |
John Denver |
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43. |
My Boy |
Neil Young |
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44. |
One Who Knows |
Dar Williams |
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45. |
Benny & the Jets |
Elton John |
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46. |
All To You |
DJ Keo |
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47. |
Musica E |
Eros Ramazzotti |
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48. |
Beautiful Boy |
Celine Dion |
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49. |
Rainbow Connection |
Muppet Movie |
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50. |
Crazy |
Patsy Cline |
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51. |
Saturday In the Park |
Chicago |
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52. |
In My Life |
Beatles |
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53. |
She's Got a Way |
Billy Joel |
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54. |
I Hope You Dance |
Leann Womack |
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| Wedding
Party Song |
The following chart represents some of the most popular
Wedding Party dance songs.
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Ceremony Music
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TITLE |
COMPOSER |
| 1. |
Trumpet Voluntary |
Purcell |
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Prince Of Denmark's March |
Clarke |
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Bridal Chorus(Processional) |
Wagner |
| 4. |
Wedding March(Recessional) |
Mendelsohn |
| 5. |
Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring |
Bach |
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String Quintet Minuet |
Boccherini |
| 7. |
Gigue(St. Louis Brass Quintet) |
Fux |
| 8. |
Air(Water Music) |
Handel |
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Horn Pipe(Water Music) |
Handel |
| 10. |
La Rejouissance |
Handel |
| 11. |
Royal Fireworks Music Overture |
Handel |
| 12. |
Adagio |
Marcello |
| 13. |
Andante Spiccato |
Marcello |
| 14. |
Presto |
Marcello |
| 15. |
Canon In D |
Pachelbel |
| 16. |
Dancing & Singing Of the Peasants |
Vivaldi |
| 17. |
Allegro: Rustic Dance |
Vivaldi |
| 18. |
Allegro From Brandenburg Concerto #4 |
Bach |
| 19. |
Nocturne In E Flat |
Chopin |
| 20. |
Sleeping Beauty Waltz |
Tchaikovsky |
| 21. |
Sunrise, Sunset(Instrumental) |
Fiddler On The Roof |
| 22. |
Four Seasons Winter |
Vivaldi |
| 23. |
Largo From Xerxes |
Handel |
| 24. |
Toccata |
Bach |
| 25. |
Te Deum |
Charpentier |
| 26. |
Trumpet Tune |
Purcell |
| 27. |
Trumpet Concerto |
Marsalis |
| 28. |
Adagio From Sonata In E Flat |
Mozart |
| 29. |
Hallelujah |
Handel |
| 30. |
Ode To Joy |
Beethoven |
| 31. |
Brandenburg Concerto #1 In F |
Bach |
| 32. |
Arrival Of the Queen Of Sheba |
Handel |
| 33. |
Air On The G String |
Bach |
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