After meeting Steve and Haruna at an Eltham Lodge wedding fair I was invited to be their London Wedding DJ. Haruna is Japanese and she was joined by close family and some friends who had travelled all the way from home; no special music requests were asked for, other than one by Ariana Grande! The general instruction re the music was to play what I thought would work and to avoid 'cheesy' material. This is Steve and Haruna on their First Dance; The Weepies - Somebody Loved.
The evening flowed very well with some good guest requests (see the full playlist below), and a guest singing to Bonnie Tyler's Total Eclipse of the Heart. A very good evening.
The playlist for the evening was:
Intro
Robert Palmer - I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
Mutya Buena - Real Girl (Radio Edit)
Chris Brown - With You
First Dance
The Weepies - Somebody Loved
Reception Party
Michael Jackson - Rock With You
Mary Mary - Shackles (Praise You)
Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath
Dee Lite - Groove Is In the Heart
Bee Gees - Stayin' Alive
Idina Menzel - Let It Go
Robin S - Show Me Love
Carly Rae Jepson - Call Me Maybe
Robin Thicke - Blurred Lines (feat. T.I. & Pharrell)
Beyonce - Crazy In Love
Beyoncé - Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Wham! - Club Tropicana
Michael Jackson - Billie Jean
Avicii ft. Aloe Blacc - Wake Me Up
Pitbull - Give Me Everything (feat. Ne-Yo,
Meghan Trainor - All About That Bass
Icona Pop feat Charli XCX - I Love It
Daft Punk - Get Lucky (Radio Edit) [feat. Pha
Ed Sheeran - Sing
Pitbull - Back in Time
Bob Marley & The Wailers - Could You Be Loved
Pharrell Williams - Happy
The Beatles - Twist and Shout
Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman
The Supremes - Baby Love
Four Tops - I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)
Abba - Dancing Queen
Barry White - Let the Music Play
Chaka Khan - I'm Every Woman
Cameo - Word Up
Monie Love - Its A Shame
Stevie Wonder - Superstition
Wild Cherry - Play That Funky Music
Olly Murs feat Rizzle Kicks - Heart Skips a Beat
Bonnie Tyler - Total Eclipse Of The Heart
Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way
Paul Simon - You Can Call Me Al
Human League - Don't You Want Me
Gloria Gaynor - I Will Survive
Wham! - Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
Phil Collins - You Can't Hurry Love
Katrina & The Waves - Walking on Sunshine
Madness - Baggy Trousers
alt-J - Fitzpleasure
Pitbull ft. Ke$ha - Timber
Maroon 5 Featuring Christina Aguilera - Moves Like Jagger
LMFAO - Sexy and I Know It (Album Version)
Rihanna - We Found Love (feat. Calvin Harris)
The Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
House of Pain - Jump Around
Salt 'N' Pepa - Push It
Montell Jordan - This Is How We Do It (Radio Mix)
Five - Everybody Get Up
The B52's - Love Shack
EMF - I'm a Believer
Mark Ronson Feat. Amy Winehouse - Valerie
Jackie Wilson - Your Love Keeps Lifting Me Higher
Van Morrison - Brown Eyed Girl
Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me)
John Travolta & Olivia Newton John - Grease Megamix
Bob Marley - Jamming (Long Version)
Dizzee Rascal Feat. Calvin Harris & Chrome - Dance Wiv Me
Usher Feat. Will.i.am - OMG
Ariana Grande - Problem (feat. Iggy Azalea)
R Kelly - Ignition (Remix)
Sean Paul - Get Busy
Kanye West Feturing Jamie Foxx - Gold Digger
Jay Sean feat. Lil Wayne - Down
Chase & Status ft. Moko - Count On Me
Clean Bandit ft. Jess Glynne - Rather Be
Sigma - Nobody To Love
Rudimental - Feel the Love (feat. John Newman)
Chase & Status ft. Louis M^ttrs - Lost & Not Found
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Ray Dalton - Can't Hold Us
The Black Eyed Peas - Pump It
Outkast - Hey Ya!
The Killers - Mr. Brightside
Queen - Don't Stop Me Now
Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire
Lou Reed - Perfect Day