This was an intimate wedding reception above the Prince of Waterloo in Winford which had been beautifully decorated to hide the fact that by day it was a sports bar. I was due to play background music until it was time for the first dance, but when I arrived the guests were hungry to get dancing so we were off before 7pm with some soul, funk and disco.
They chose the lovely Etta James classic ‘At last’ as their first song then I began to modernise the music as the night went on. Unfortunately as early as the night started it finished and the bride and groom had left before 10pm as the flight for their honeymoon was leaving in a few hours time. I played requests for the guests that stayed and then packed up nice and early – result!
The first dance above The Prince of Waterloo |
18:49 : Otis Redding – My Girl
18:51 : Otis Redding – Hard To Handle
18:54 : Aretha Franklin – I Say A Little Prayer
18:57 : Aretha Franklin – Respect
18:59 : Sam & Dave – Soul Man
19:02 : The Temptations – Get Ready
19:04 : The Supremes & The Four Tops – River Deep Mountain High
19:07 : Martha Reeves & The Vandellas – Jimmy Mack
19:10 : Sam & Dave – Hold On! I’m Comin’
19:12 : Fontella Bass – Rescue Me
19:15 : The Four Tops – Reach Out I’ll Be There
19:18 : Junior Walker & The All Stars – How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved by you)
19:21 : Stealers Wheel – Stuck in the middle with you
19:24 : The Detroit Emeralds – Feel The Need In Me
19:28 : Bryan Ferry – Let’s Stick Together
19:30 : Abba – mamma mia
19:31 : Curtis Mayfield – Move On Up
19:34 : Barry White – You’re The First, The Last, M
19:37 : The Foundations – Build Me Up Buttercup
19:38 : Racey – Some Girls
19:40 : KC & The Sunshine Band – Get Down Tonight
19:45 : Michael Jackson – Billy Jean
19:50 : Frankie Valli & The Four Seas – December ’63 (Oh What A Night)
19:53 : Bee Gees – Jive Talkin’
19:57 : Diana Ross – Upside Down
20:01 : Shalamar – A Night To Remember
20:04 : Chaka Khan – Ain’t Nobody
20:08 : Mantronix – got To Have Your Love
20:12 : Nu Shooz – I Can’t Wait
20:17 : Fatback Band – I Found Lovin’
20:21 : Jamiroquai – Seven Days In Sunny June
20:24 : Whitney Houston – I’m Every Woman
20:29 : Whitney Houston – I Wanna Dance With Somebody
20:34 : Etta James – At Last
20:37 : Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke
20:40 : The Monkees – I’m A Believer
20:43 : Jackson 5 – ABC
20:46 : Rizzle Kicks – Mama Do The Hump
20:47 : Olly Murs – Dance With Me Tonight
20:52 : One Direction – What Makes You Beautiful
20:56 : Owl City – Good Time
20:59 : Cee Lo Green – Forget You
21:02 : Rick James – Super Freak
21:03 : Chic – Everybody Dance
21:09 : Abba – Dancing queen
21:13 : Christina Aguilera , Lil’ Kim, Mya and P!nk – Lady Marmalade
21:15 : Psy – Gangnam Style
21:18 : Sam and the Womp – Bom Bom
21:21 : Nicki Minaj – Starships
21:25 : The Black Eyed Peas – I Gotta Feeling
21:29 : LMFAO – Sexy & I Know It
21:32 : Azealia Banks – 212
21:35 : Rihanna – We Found Love
21:39 : Chase & Status Feat. Liam Bai – Blind Faith
21:42 : Jessie J – Domino
21:44 : Sidney Samson Feat. Wizard Sleeve – Riverside (Lets Go!)
21:48 : Mud – Tiger Feet
21:52 : Ne-Yo – Let Me Love You (Until You Learn To Love Yourself)
21:56 : Florence + The Machine – Spectrum (Say My Name)
21:59 : David Guetta feat. Sia – Titanium
22:03 : P!nk – Get The Party Started
22:05 : David Guetta Feat. Usher – Without You
22:06 : Usher – Scream
22:09 : The Wanted – Chasing The Sun
22:13 : Carly Rae Jepsen – Call Me Maybe
22:16 : Foo Fighters – All My Life