Best Cocktail Hour Songs
Between the wedding ceremony and reception, the guests often converge on the reception site while the bride, groom and wedding party go to a picturesque location for photos. This is a key time in setting the mood for an evening of fun, and music plays a big part in that.
The key to picking great cocktail and dinner music is familiarity. It doesn’t have to have been played on the radio a lot recently, but I don’t play much of anything that wasn’t in one way or another a mainstream hit.
This is a version of my very popular cocktail hour playlist that I use for weddings. This playlist is perfect for a very diverse crowd like you'd see at a wedding. Grandma is there, so are the nieces and nephews. It needs to be upbeat, but it's not quite time to start the dance music.
I love this section of music because it combines the best that ever sang a song with the best of today.