Dance

Are you open to a wide range of music? If yes, you might want to consider a classical music song for your first dance at your Columbus wedding celebration. Many couples use a classical music composition for their wedding ceremony, as we have blogged on in the past. But practically…

Billboard Magazine compiled a list of the top 50 love songs of the past seven decades. Let’s face it, love songs never grow old. Billboard’s top love songs are a great guide for couples brainstorming on first dance songs. Here’s how Billboard devised their ranking system: “The ranking is based…

While last year's pandemic upended our lives last year, one thing won’t change: people will keep getting married, and wedding day traditions will continue. As large scale weddings resume, two wedding day traditions will return to the forefront, according to a WeddingWire survey. Flower girls go all the way back…

One of the most delightful melodies ever written for theater is “All the things you are.” It is simply lovely musically and lyrically, which is why it has become something of a wedding jazz standard. The music was written by Jerome Kern in 1939 for a little known musical (Very…

What is real love? Well, for one it is the name of the last love song recorded by The Beatles years after the band broke up. For another, one of history’s great philosophers, Thomas Aquinas, said real love means to will the good of the other for the sake of…

Adele burst onto the music scene in 2009 and has never looked back. The 2009 Grammy Awards named her best new artist and best female pop vocal performance. Although she’s known for writing compelling break-up ballads, she knows her way around a love song, too. Let’s take a look at…

Broadway has produced a plethora of passionate love songs over the decades. But you’ve got to carefully review the lyrics, because not every Broadway love song works for your first dance. For example, the epic “If I Loved You” from Carousel is an endearing love song with a melody that…

This blog loves to write about the great songs you can consider for your first dance. There are so many options. We’ve written about contemporary and classic songs couples request for their first dance. Today’s blog considers some of the best Broadway songs for your wedding reception first dance. In…

Stevie Wonder released his best-selling album, “Songs in the Key of Life,” in 1976. He jammed 21 songs into the album which explored a wide variety of musical genres. One track from the album, “As,” is a popular wedding song, having appeared on The Knot's list of popular classic first…

The Knot lists John Legend’s “All of Me” as the 8th most romantic first dance song around, perfect for your first wedding dance song. (It was first on the list just a year or two.) “All of me” became Legend’s first #1 hit when it was released on 2013. He…