First Dance

October 30th, 2006 @ 2:59 pm by Mrs. Bird of Paradise

I need your help picking a first dance song! Mr. BOP and I love music in general but don’t necessarily have “our song.” We do, though, want to stick to the classics. We’ve thought of “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra and “Unforgettable” by Natalie Cole and her father, but we’re not sure if either of those are it. If it helps, the mother/son/father/daughter dance will be to “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong. And I think our last song of the night will be Natalie Cole’s “This Will Be (An Everlasting Love).”

We could really use your help, so please leave your suggestions in the comment section.

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12 Responses to “First Dance”

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Miss Raspberry

OOHH… we will be dancing to “The Way You Look Tonight” by Frank Sinatra….

We also thought about dancing to my parent’s song, which is Can’t help falling in love with you (Elvis)

10/30/06 @ 3:03 pm (reply)

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Miss Butterfly

ME TOOO!!! we’re learning how to swing dance to that song for our first dance..(east coast swing, not west coast).

10/30/06 @ 3:09 pm (reply)

Guest

Go Amie

“Someone to Watch Over Me” (There are version by Sinatra, Fitzgerald, etc.)

“Dancing Cheek to Cheek” (Astaire)

“‘Deed I do” (Lena Horne, Billie Holiday, Nat King Cole, etc.)

Good luck choosing!

10/30/06 @ 3:15 pm (reply)

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ocicats

How about a Michael Buble song? There’s also Unchained Melody by the Righteous Brothers…All for You by Tony Bennett..

10/30/06 @ 3:19 pm (reply)

Guest

a little fast and uptempo:
“come fly with me” by sinatra
“a wink and a smile” by harry connick jr.
“it had to be you” by harry connick jr.

slower:
“at last” by etta james
“a fine romance” by bilie holiday
“night and day” by fred astaire
“you do something to me” by ella fitzgerald

10/30/06 @ 4:56 pm (reply)

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Samantha

ours will be billy joel “just the way you are”

10/30/06 @ 5:30 pm (reply)

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brooklynbaby

i think i tunes has wedding collections, too, that might get you thinking — if you find a song you like you can then scout around for different versions, etc.

10/30/06 @ 9:48 pm (reply)

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disneyprincess

My personal favorite is “For Always” by Josh Groban and Lara Fabian. It’s absolutely beautiful and heartwarming. I love Josh and I’d never heard of this piece, but when I heard it, I knew that it was the right song for a first dance.

10/31/06 @ 4:08 am (reply)

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Malia

I went to the Timelife website…and checked out the list that they have for their wedding songs cd collection. =D

i like “Make Me Whole” by Amel Larrieux

10/31/06 @ 10:10 am (reply)

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Amanda

We danced to the BB King/Eric Claption version of Come Rain or Come Shine. I was looking for something different that wasn’t overused and also a song that had meaning. The minute I heard it, I knew it was the song for us.

10/31/06 @ 12:39 pm (reply)

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annie

how about “they can’t take that away from me” or do you want something slower and more romantic?

10/31/06 @ 1:12 pm (reply)

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Ariel

We danced to “Way you look tonight” but by Steve Tyrell…. It was great because it’s faster and easier to dance to, and has a nice dramatic intro….. we cut it short but i was thinking you could use it as background music to the grand entrance…

11/1/06 @ 12:53 am (reply)