indKaren and Jon were married at the rustic Prested Hall in Essex, a lovely location. It was an English/Irish gathering, and that was reflected throughout the celebration. I was asked to supply music for the wedding breakfast, mics for speeches and evening reception entertainment. En route to the venue I was stuck in gridlocked traffic for 90 minutes, as were several guests, one of whom was held up for 5 hours!! As ever I had allowed plenty of time for the journey and the show went ahead on time.
Karen and Jon, for the wedding breakfast, had asked for a mix of music to mainly include Motown, Lounge and Swing; the full playlist is shown below. With my main set up in the Oak Room, I ran leads to set up a speaker in the Wedding Breakfast Room - spot the trailing lead below!
We started the evening reception with the First Dance, followed with a Second Dance for close family and then immediately into the reception party itself. There was lots of great dancing - see the pics below.
The playlist for the day was:
Entrance to Wedding Breakfast
The Crystals - Then He Kissed Me
Wedding Breakfast
Otis Redding - My Girl
Doris Troy - Just One Look (2007 Remastered)
George Michael - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) (with Aretha Franklin)
James Taylor - How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You)
Nina Simone - The More I See You
Lou Rawls - You'll Never FInd Another Love Like Mine
Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like A) Natural Woman
Van Morrison - Into The Mystic
Thin Lizzy - Parisienne Walkways
Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong - Can't We Be Friends
Lionel Hampton - Jeepers Creepers
Nina Simone - Do Nothin' Till You Hear From Me
Marv Johnson - I'll Pick a Rose for My Rose
James Hunter - Carina
Clarence Frogman Henry - (I Don't Know Why I Love You) But I Do
Julie London - Fly Me To The Moon
Nat 'King' Cole - Let There Be Love
Shirley Bassey - Kiss Me Honey Honey Kiss Me
Erma Franklin - (I Get The) Sweetest Feeling
Bobby Darin - Call Me Irresponsible
Marilyn Monroe - I Wanna Be Loved By You
Frank Sinatra - The Way You Look Tonight
Riddle - Volare
Rosemary Clooney - In the Cool, Cool, Cool of the Evening
Jane Monheit - i Wish You Love
Al Green - Let's Stay Together
Gladys Knight - Take Me In Your Arms And Love Me
Dusty Springfield - Son of a Preacher Man
Sugar Pie DeSanto - Soulful Dress
Etta James - Blowing In The Wind
Percy Milem - I Slipped A Little
Sam Cooke - Just For You
The Chiffons - He's So Fine
Perry Como - Papa Loves Mambo
Dean Martin - Ain't That A Kick In The Head
Matt Monro - No Puedo Quitar Mis Ojos De Ti
Louis Prima - Banana Split for My Baby
Benny Goodman - Perfidia
Peter Grant - I Saw Her Standing There
Nat King Cole - L.O.V.E.
Louis Armstrong - Hello Dolly
Kylie Auldist - Community Service Announcement
Ray Charles - I've Got A Woman
Intro to Evening Reception Party
Rose Royce - Car Wash
Drizabone - Real Love (Radio Version)
Randy Crawford - Street Life
First Dance
U2 - I Can't Help Falling in Love with You
Second Dance
Frank Sinatra With Bono - Ive Got You Under My Skin
Evening Reception Party
Jackson 5 - I Want You Back
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
James Brown - I Got You (I Feel Good)
David Bowie - Let's Dance
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
The Sugar Hill Gang - Rappers Delight
Grandmaster Flash And The Furious Five - The Message
MC Hammer - U Can't Touch This
Deee Lite - Groove Is In The Heart
Jamiroquai - Space Cowboy
Elvis Presley - Return To Sender
Ben E King & The Drifters - Saturday Night At The Movies
Chris MOntez - Let's Dance
Jackie Wilson - Reet Petite
Martha Reeves & The Vandella - Dancing In The Streets
The Supremes - Baby Love
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Curtis Mayfield - Move On Up
Sam Cooke - Having a Party
The Archies - Sugar, Sugar
Michael Buble - To Love Somebody
Toto - Africa
Coldplay - Yellow
The Goo Goo Dolls - Iris
Paloma Faith - Can't Rely On You
DJ Cassidy ft. Robin Thicke & Jessie J - Calling All Hearts
Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be
Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell
Daft Punk ft. Pharrell Williams - Get Lucky
Sister Sledge - Lost In Music
Chic - Le Freak
Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just wanna Have Fun
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Starship - Nothings going to stop us now
Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
House of Pain - Jump Around
Ini Kamoze - Here Comes The Hotstepper
George Harrison - Got My Mind Set On You
The B52's - Love Shack
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Five - Everybody Get Up
Steps - Tragedy
Abba - Dancing Queen
Michael Jackson - Blame It On the Boogie
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Soft Cell - Tainted Love
Jackie Wilson - Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher
Billy Ocean - Love Really Hurts Without You
Diana Ross & The Supremes - You Can't Hurry Love
Otis Redding - Love Man
The Elgins - Heaven Must Have Sent You
Aretha Franklin - Respect
Bee Gees - Night Fever
Aslan - Crazy World
McFadden & Whitehead - Ain't No Stoppin' Us Now
Michael Jackson - You rock my world
Monie Love - Its A Shame
TLC - No Scrubbs
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
Thin Lizzy - Do Anything You Want To
AC DC - Back In Black
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix
Frank Sinatra - Theme From New York New York
Lou Reed - Perfect Day