MUSIC FOR YOUR WEDDING RECEPTION SHOULD FOCUS ON A FAMILY REUNION - NOT A DISCO
YOUR WEDDING DJ / MC SHOULD HAVE THE EXPERTISE TO CATER FOR THE MUSIC TASTES OF GRANDMA THROUGH TO SMALL CHILDREN.
SO HERE, FOR YOUR INTRIGUE, BLACK TIE EVENTS HAVE COMPILED A SELECTION OF
SOME OF THE TOP SONGS IN EACH DECADE - YES FROM 1902 TO TODAY!
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1939 |
In The Mood - Glenn Miller |
1938 |
Begin the Beguine - Artie Shaw |
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1902 |
The Entertainer - Scott Joplin |
1939 |
Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye - Gracie Fields |
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1932 |
Love Is The Sweetest Thing - Al Bowlly |
1926 |
The Laughing Policeman - Charles Penrose |
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1925 |
Sweet Georgia Brown - Ben Bernie Orchestra |
1924 |
Charleston - Arthur Gibbs & His Gang |
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1923 |
Yes We Have No Bananas - Billy Jones |
1929 |
Makin' Whoopee - Eddie Cantor |
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1931 |
Minnie the Moocher - Cab Calloway |
1939 |
We'll Meet Again - Vera Lynn |
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1939 |
Over The Rainbow - Judy Garland |
1928 |
Stardust - Hoagy Carmichael |
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1925 |
The Runaway Train - Vernon Dalhart |
1936 |
Stompin' At The Savoy - Benny Goodman |
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1934 |
On the Good Ship Lollipop - Shirley Temple |
1939 |
In The Mood - Glenn Miller |
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1929 |
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller |
1934 |
The Very Thought Of You - Al Bowlly |
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1949 |
Ghost Riders In The Sky - Vaughan Monroe |
1940 |
When You Wish Upon a Star - Charles Ukulele Edwards |
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1941 |
Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy - Andrews Sisters |
1944 |
Goodnight Irene - Leadbelly |
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1942 |
White Christmas - Bing Crosby |
1941 |
Yes Sir That's My Baby - Eddie Cantor |
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1943 |
Paper Doll - Mills Brothers |
1941 |
Take The A Train - Duke Ellington |
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1941 |
God Bless The Child - Billie Holiday |
1946 |
That Old Black Magic - Frank Sinatra |
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1946 |
Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah - Johnny Mercer |
1945 |
That Ole Devil Called Love - Billie Holiday |
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1944 |
Swinging On A Star - Bing Crosby |
1946 |
Dream A Little Dream Of Me - Nat King Cole |
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1944 |
Ac_Cent_Tchu_Ate - Johnny Mercer |
1942 |
The Dark Town Strutters Ball - Pee Wee Hunt |
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1940 |
Tuxedo Junction - Glen Miller |
1945 |
I Can't Get Started - Dizzy Gillespie |
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1942 |
As Time Goes By - Dooley Wilson |
1948 |
Around Midnight - Thelonious Monk |
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1954 |
Rock Around The Clock - Bill Haley & The Comets |
1957 |
Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis |
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1951 |
How High The Moon - Les Paul & Mary Ford |
1957 |
At The Hop - Danny & The Juniors |
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1959 |
Mack The Knife - Bobby Darin |
1958 |
Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry |
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1953 |
That's Amore - Dean Martin |
1956 |
Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins |
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1956 |
Que Sera Sera - Doris Day |
1959 |
What'd I Say - Ray Charles |
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1953 |
Crying In The Chapel - Orioles |
1956 |
Hound Dog / Don't Be Cruel - Elvis Presley |
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1958 |
La Bamba - Ritchie Valens |
1957 |
You Send Me - Sam Cooke |
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1956 |
Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino |
1958 |
Smoke Gets In Your Eyes - The Platters |
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1950 |
The Tennessee Waltz - Patti Page |
1958 |
That Old Black Magic - Louis Prima & Keely Smith |
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1954 |
Mr. Sandman - The Chordettes |
1959 |
Misty - Johnny Mathis |
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1961 |
Let's Twist Again - Chubby Checker |
1960 |
The Wanderer - Dion |
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1964 |
Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison |
1967 |
Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell |
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1961 |
Moon River - Henry Mancini |
1961 |
Stand By Me - Ben E King |
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1965 |
My Girl - The Temptations |
1968 |
Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette |
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1964 |
I Saw Her Standing There - Beatles |
1968 |
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong |
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1962 |
I Left My Heart in San Francisco - Tony Bennett |
1967 |
Brown Eyed Girl - Van Morrison |
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1962 |
The Loco-Motion - Little Eva |
1969 |
Proud Mary - Creedence Clearwater Revival |
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1966 |
Friday On My Mind - Easybeats |
1969 |
My Way - Frank Sinatra |
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1966 |
You Can't Hurry Love - Supremes |
1965 |
I Got You Babe - Sonny & Cher |
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1966 |
When a Man Loves a Woman - Percy Sledge |
1965 |
You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' - The Righteous Brothers |
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1977 |
Dancing Queen - Abba |
1978 |
YMCA - The Village People |
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1973 |
Nutbush City Limits - Ike & Tina Turner |
1973 |
Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich |
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1978 |
The Gambler - Kenny Rogers |
1971 |
American Pie - Don McLean |
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1973 |
You're So Vain - Carly Simon |
1971 |
Eagle Rock - Daddy Cool |
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1977 |
Hotel California - The Eagles |
1974 |
Candle In The Wind - Elton John |
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1972 |
Let's Stay Together - Al Green |
1971 |
Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin |
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1978 |
I Will Survive - Gloria Gaynor |
1975 |
December 63 Oh What A Night - Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons |
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1978 |
Khe Sanh - Cold Chisel |
1979 |
My Sharona - The Knack |
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1979 |
We Are Family - Sister Sledge |
1978 |
Staying Alive - The Bee Gees |
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1979 |
Old Time Rock N Roll - Bob Seger |
1976 |
Love Really Hurts Without You - Billy Ocean |
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1981 |
Betty Davies Eyes - Kim Carnes |
1980 |
What I Like About You - Romantics |
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1983 |
Girls Just Want to Have Fun - Cyndi Lauper |
1989 |
The Wind Beneath My Wings - Bette Midler |
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1980 |
Celebration - Kool & The Gang |
1980 |
You Shook Me All Night Long - AC / DC |
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1985 |
Take On Me - A-Ha |
1982 |
Sexual Healing - Marvin Gaye |
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1983 |
Beat It - Michael Jackson |
1984. |
Wake Me Up Before You Go Go - Wham |
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1985 |
You Spin Me Around - Dead Or Alive |
1988 |
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) - The Proclaimers |
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1985 |
Material Girl - Madonna |
1983 |
Flashdance - Irene Cara |
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1984 |
Footloose - Kenny Loggins |
1987 |
Fight for Your Right (to Party) - The Beastie Boys |
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1989 |
Funky Cold Medina - Tone Loc |
1989 |
Love Shack - The B-52's |
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1982 |
I Love Rock N Roll - Joan Jett |
1982 |
Hurts So Good - John Cougar Mellencamp |
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1999 |
Smooth - Santana feat. Rob Thomas |
1994 |
Missing - Everything But The Girl |
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1996 |
Wannabe - Spice Girls |
1998 |
Man I Feel Like A Woman - Shania Twain |
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1992. |
I'm Too Sexy - Right Said Fred |
1998 |
Baby One More Time - Britney Spears |
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1990 |
U Can't Touch This - M.C. Hammer |
1995 |
Macarena - Los Del Rio |
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1990 |
Grease Megamix - Olivia Newton John & John Travolta |
1992 |
What Is Love - Haddaway |
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1999 |
Believe - Cher |
1996 |
Because You Loved Me - Celine Dion |
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1992 |
The Best Things In Life Are Free - Janet Jackson & Luther Vandross |
1991 |
Everything I Do - Bryan Adams |
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1995 |
Gangsta's Paradise - Coolio |
1997 |
Truly Madly Deeply - Savage Garden |
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1998 |
From This Moment On - Shania Twain |
1997 |
Candle in the Wind '97 - Elton John |
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1999 |
Livin' La Vida Loca - Ricky Martin |
1992 |
Achy Breaky Heart - Billy Ray Cyrus |
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2001 |
Can't Get You Outta My Head - Kylie Minogue |
2001 |
Lady Marmalade - Christine Aguilera, Pink, Lil Kim & Mya |
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2005 |
My Humps - Black Eyed Peas |
2000 |
Amazed - Lonestar |
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2006 |
SexyBack - Justin Timberlake |
2004 |
You're Beautiful - James Blunt |
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2006 |
Chasing Cars - Snow Patrol |
2003 |
In Da Club - 50 Cent |
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2006 |
I Don't Feel Like Dancing - Scissor Sisters |
2004 |
She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 |
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2005 |
Hung Up - Madonna |
2003 |
Hey Ya! - Outkast |
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2005 |
Voodoo Child - Rogue Traders |
2000 |
Rock DJ - Robbie Williams |
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2000 |
Oop's I Did It Again - Britney Spears |
2005 |
Love Generation - Bob Sinclair |
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2002 |
Kiss Kiss - Holly Valance |
2006 |
Promiscuous - Nelly Furtado |
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2001 |
Murder On The Dancefloor - Sophie Ellis-Bextor |
2003 |
Crazy In Love - Beyoncé |
