Some Dinner Music and ETC... For Dancing For The 60+

I thought it would be interesting to post a Cocktail/Dinner list that would play well to the 60+ Audience.
A Problem We all face when trying to please at least 3 generations at any given wedding is coming up with some gems that will make a hit with the 1st and 2nd generations..........

Here we Go: Cocktail/Dinner Music These each run 75 -80 minutes........

Cocktail List

Carl Doy - Unchained Melody
Henry Mancini - Days Of Wine And Roses
Ames Brothers - Harbor Lights
Andy Williams - The Village Of St. Bernadette
Jerry Lee Lewis - Sixteen Candles
Gale Storm - Dark Moon
Al Hirt & Pete Fountain - Basin Street Blues
Elvis Presley - You'll Never Walk Alone
Enoch Light - I'll Never Smile Again
Andy Williams - The Bells Of St. Mary's
Dean Martin - Little Old Wine Drinker Me
Frank Sinatra Blue Moon
Connie Francis - Al Di La (Italian Love Songs)
Les Brown Orchestra - Twilight Time
Bob Dylan - Knocking On Heavens Door
Andy Williams - Moon River
Gogi Grant - The Wayward Wind
Brothers Four - Greenfields
Bobby Bare - 500 Miles Away From Home
Connie Francis & Hank Snow - Walk On By
Boots Randolph - I Believe
Eddie Arnold - Red Roses For A Blue Lady
Don Williams - Green Green Grass Of Home
Eddie Fisher - Oh! My Papa
Fifth Dimension - One Less Bell To Answer
Harry James - Tenderly
Hank Williams Sr. - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry


Dinner List:

Mozart - Moonlight Sonata
Mario Lanza - Some Enchanted Evening
Dean Martin - Innamorata
David Lanz - Spiral Dance
Paul Mauriat - Theme From Exodus
Josh Groban - Gira Con Me
Bert Kaempfert - I'll See You In My Dreams
George Winston - Cloudy This Morning
The Three Tenors - Caruso Main Theme
George Winston - Ocean Waves
Tony Bennett - I Left My Heart In San Francisco
Beethoven - Fur Elise (Piano Solo)
Harmonicats - Ebb Tide
Les Brown - Twilight Time
Lawrence Welk - Till We Meet Again
Jerry Vale - I Have But One Heart
Richard Clayderman - Autumn Leaves
Mario Lanza - O Sole Mio
Vivaldi - Concierto For Flute And Two Violins
Sara Brightman And Andrea Bocelli - Time To Say Goodbye
Josh Groban - Home To Stay
Mario Lanza - You'll Never Walk Alone

This is the actual order I would run them in .....and I have run this in this order for a 50th Wedding Anniversary Party, about 10 days ago. The one change was the Client wanted a few "Andrea Bocelli" thrown in prior to Dinner Music Starting

THANK YOU for taking the time to do this. I can speak for most when I say this helps a great deal.

Thank you!! :sqbiggrin:

Thanks for the list

can we make this one a Sticky for now --- please :)

Thanks DJ Gray

For cocktail time/wallpaper music I like using the KKSF Smooth Jazz series with a boatload of the newer jazz greats like Chris Botti, Chuck Mangione etc..

I bet if you sling some of this on you will get asked "Who is that by?"

Needless to say write the name on the back of one of your cards ;)

For cocktail time/wallpaper music I like using the KKSF Smooth Jazz series with a boatload of the newer jazz greats like Chris Botti, Chuck Mangione etc..

I bet if you sling some of this on you will get asked "Who is that by?"

Needless to say write the name on the back of one of your cards ;)


Which volume do you suggest? Great I love this!!! :sqwink:

A very interesting post and a very good list. Somewhere in there I would add:

Summer Wind (Sinatra or Buble)
Last Date (Floyd Kramer)
Sleepwalk (Larry Carlton)
I Remember You (Diana Krall)
Theme From The Pink Panther (Mancini)
Swinging Shepherd Blues (Moe Koffman)
Cheek to Cheek (Ella & Louis)
A Wink and A Smile (Harry Connick Jr.)
Dock Of The Bay (Otis Redding)
Under The Boardwalk (Drifters)
When I'm 64 (Beatles)


I think that I tend to play my cocktail and dinner music a little more upbeat than most, but of course it depends on the crowd and the occasion.

On my list I should have remembered to add something by the Platters. and, of course, My Girl.

The Third Man Theme - Anton Karas, Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass, Guy Lombardo, etc. (the Anton Karas version is the definitive version)
Take Five - Dave Brubeck Quartet (in fact, the entire "Time Out" CD will go well)
anything by the Kingston Trio

Welcome to ODJT Brad go to the welcome forum and introduce yourself if you would like.

BTW, anything by Herb Alpert & The Tijuana Brass would work, the same with anything by Les Paul & Mary Ford.

BTW, if any of you DJs do not have Mason Williams' Classical Gas, you are missing out on some great music. The album it is on is "The Mason Williams Phonograph Record" and in fact, the whole album is great.

If any of you haven't heard the Third Man Theme:
YouTube - "The Third Man Theme"
To purchase the download: Amazon.com: The Third Man Theme: MP3 Downloads: Anton Karas