Processional Song... motown/oldies

Buddy Holly, True Love Ways.

I'm walking down to "Today I Met the Boy I'm Gonna Marry" by Darlene Love because after our 2nd date I knew he was the one, downloaded that song and listened to it over and over

You looking for something fun? Or something a little more emotional?

How about "You Send Me" by Sam Cooke? I love the line, "now I find myself wanting to marry you and take you home".

Probably something fun but I'm interested in ideas for both. Something tells me FH will be weirded out if i stray too far from the norm.

The Tears of a Clown - Smokey Robinson & The Miracles

What's the norm for you?

The norm for me is Motown. If someone suggested John Legend, I'd laugh in their faces.

And if I may pop in to say that Tears of a Clown is probably the worst suggestion anyone could've given. Ever.

Well on the silly side, we love the song Papa Loves Mambo. It has nothing to do with weddings, it's just super fun lol. On a more sentimental side:

Fools Fall in Love (not necessarily the Elvis version)

Tony Bennett's I've Got the World on a String

Frank Sinatra's The Way You Look Tonight

Billie Holiday's The Very Thought of You

The Nearness of You which is a standard but covered by Norah Jones. Breathtaking.

The norm for me would be motown. I wanted to do all motown at the reception but there were some oldies music we just cant leave out.

Im a big van morrison fan but I feel like he's a little overused for wedding songs. Same with Otis Redding.

I don't know if it's Motown but how about "Lets Stay Together by Al Green. That's going to be our first dance song.

ETA: you could youtube Motown artist, and see what comes up and then listen to the songs or see what you come with from this site: classic.motown.com/artists

Also check out Carole King stuff. She wrote for a lot of Motown-era artists that weren't necessarily on the Motown label.

Love Motown!

For Once In My Life – Stevie Wonder

Ain’t No Mountain High Enough – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

I’ll Be There – The Jackson Five

Isn’t She Lovely – Stevie Wonder

Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder

Ain’t Nothing Like The Real Thing – Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

The Way You Do The Things You Do – The Temptations

My Cherie Amour – Stevie Wonder

Pride & Joy – Marvin Gaye

I Was Made To Love Her – Stevie Wonder

I Could Never Love Another (After Loving You) – The Temptations

Do I Do – Stevie Wonder

We used "For Once in My Life" for our recessional

For a processional, maybe The Beatles "Here Comes the Sun" or Stevie Wonder "Overjoyed".

Going to the Chapel of Love!

(Which, when i was a little girl, i thought my dad made up)

I'm using for the processional a bluegrass instrumental cover of Tupelo Honey.