100 Best Oldies Songs for Weddings

2020

We have created a list of our favorite best Oldies songs for weddings. My Wedding Songs does have song lists of the best ’50s, best 60’s and best 70’s. However, we wanted to create an additional song list of the best Oldies songs. What constitutes an Oldies song changes with each decade. However, we categorize Oldies songs as from the 1950s through the late 60s. You can find many different music types such as R&B, Rock and Roll, Beach, Country and more.

Oldies songs to play at weddings

Top 11 Oldies Songs appropriate for weddings (as listed by the number of downloads on Amazon).

Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley
Wipe Out – The Surfaris
Love Me Tender – Elvis Presley
Hound Dog – Elvis Presley
Great Balls Of Fire – Jerry Lee Lewis
(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher – Jackie Wilson
Goodnight Sweetheart (It’s Time To Go) – The Platters
Good Thing – Paul Revere & The Raiders
Jailhouse Rock – Elvis Presley
Chapel Of Love – The Dixie Cups
To Be Loved – Jackie Wilson

Best Oldies Songs

Last Updated: August 13, 219

Artist	Song	Info
Aretha Franklin	Respect	1965, R&B
Beach Boys	Good Vibrations	1966, Pop Rock
Beach Boys	Surfin’ USA	1963, Rock
Ben E King	Stand By Me	1961, Soul
Betty Everett	The Shoop Shoop Song (It's in His Kiss)	1964, R&B
Bill Haley	Rock Around The Clock	1954, Rock
Bobby Darin	Mack The Knife	1959, Pop
Bobby Day	Rockin’ Robin	1958, Rock
Buddy Holly & The Crickets	That’ll Be The Day	1957, Rock

Carl Perkins	Blue Suede Shoes	1956, Rockabilly
Cast Of Fiddler On The Roof	Sunrise Sunset	1964. Broadway
Champs	Tequila	1958, Rock
Chubby Checker	Limbo Rock	1962, Rock
Chubby Checker	The Twist	1960, Rock
Chuck Berry	Johnny B Goode	1958, Rock
Dean Martin	That’s Amore	1953, Pop
Dion	Runaround Sue	1961, Doo-Wop Rock
Dion	Wanderer	1961, Rock
Dixie Cups	Chapel Of Love	1964, Pop

Duane Eddy	Rebel Rouser	1958, Rockabilly
Eddie Cochran	Summertime Blues	1958, Rockabilly
Ella Fitzgerald	My Funny Valentine	1956, Jazz
Elvis Presley	All Shook Up	1957, Rock
Elvis Presley	Can’t Help Falling In Love	1961, Pop
Elvis Presley	Hound Dog	1953, Blues
Elvis Presley	Jailhouse Rock	1957, Rock
Elvis Presley	Love Me Tender	1956, Country
Etta James	At Last	1960, Soul
Four Tops	I Can’t Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)	1965, Soul

Frank Sinatra	Fly Me To The Moon	1954, Pop
Frank Sinatra	Love and Marriage	1955/1956, Pop
Frank Sinatra	Luck Be A Lady	1963, Jazz
Frank Sinatra	The Way You Look Tonight	1964, Pop
Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons	Can’t Take My Eyes Off You	1967, Pop
Henry Mancini	Moon River	1962, Pop
Jackie Wilson	To Be Loved	1958, R&B
Jackie Wilson	(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher & Higher	1967, R&B
Jan & Dean	Surf City	1963, Rock
Jay & The Americans	This Magic Moment	1969, Pop

Jerry Lee Lewis	Great Balls Of Fire	1957, Rock
Jimmy Gilmer & The Fireballs	Sugar Shack	1963, Rock
Johnny Mathis	Chances Are	1957, Pop
Johnny Otis	Willie & The Hand Jive	1958, Rock
Kingsmen	Louie Louie	1957, R&B
Little Eva	The Loco-Motion	1962, Pop
Little Richard	Good Golly, Miss Molly	1958, Rock
Louis Armstrong	What A Wonderful World	1967, Pop
Louis Prima	Jump, Jive and Wail	1956, Jazz Swing
Martha and the Vandellas	Dancing In The Street	1964, R&B

Marvin Gaye	I Heard It Through The Grapevine	1968, R&B
Mills Brothers	Daddy’s Little Girl	1950, Jazz
Mitch Ryder	Devil With A Blue Dress On	1966, Rock
Nat King Cole	The Party’s Over	1956, Jazz
Nat King Cole	Unforgettable	1952, Jazz
Neil Diamond	Sweet Caroline	1969, Pop
Otis Redding	Sittin’ On The Dock Of The Bay	1968, R&B
Otis Redding	These Arms Of Mine	1962, R&B
Percy Sledge	When A Man Loves A Woman	1966, R&B
Ray Anthony	Hokey Pokey	1953, Jazz

Righteous Brothers	Unchained Melody	1965, Soul
Righteous Brothers	You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling	1964, Pop
Ritchie Valens	La Bamba	1958, Rock
Rosie & The Originals	Angel Baby	1960, Doo-Wop
Sam & Dave	Soul Man	1967, Soul
Sam Cooke	You Send Me	1957, R&B
Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs	Wooly Bully	1965, Rock
Sonny & Cher	I Got You Babe	1965, Pop
Spencer Davis Group	Gimme Some Lovin’	1966, Soul
Temptations	My Girl	1964, Soul

The Archies	Sugar, Sugar	1969, Pop
The Beatles	All You Need Is Love	1967, Rock
The Beatles	I Saw Her Standing There	1963, Rock
The Beatles	Twist & Shout	1963, Rock
The Contours	Do You Love Me	1962, Soul
The Crests	16 Candles	1958, Doo-Wop
The Drifters	Save The Last Dance For Me	1960, R&B
The Drifters	Under The Boardwalk	1964, Soul
The Everly Brothers	All I Have to Do is Dream	1958, Pop
The Five Satins	In the Still of the Night	1956, R&B

The Five Satins	To the Aisle	1957, Pop
The Flamingos	I Only Have Eyes for You	1959, Rock
The Foundations	Build Me Up Buttercup	1968, Pop
The Isley Brothers	Shout	1959, R&B
The Monkees	Daydream Believer	1967, Pop
The Monkees	I’m a Believer	1966, Pop
The Platters	Only You	1955, Doo-Wop
The Platters	Smoke Gets In Your Eyes	1958, Doo-Wop
The Platters	Twilight Time	1958, Doo-Wop
The Spaniels	Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight	1954, R&B

The Temptations	Ain’t Too Proud To Beg	1966, Soul
The Temptations	My Girl	1964, R&B
The Toys	A Lover's Concerto	1967, Rock
The Troggs	Love is All Around	1967, Rock
The Turtles	Happy Together	1967, Pop Rock
Tom Jones	It's Not Unusual	1965, Pop
Tony Bennett	I Left My Heart In San Francisco	1962, Pop
Van Morrison	Brown Eyed Girl	1967, Rock
Wilson Pickett	Mustang Sally	1966, R&B
Young Rascals	Good Lovin’	1966, R&B

Oldies wedding song list curated by Matthew Campbell

Ellie says:

March 9, 2018 at 10:07 am

Some of these songs are good. But most of them are about cheaters, breakups and broken hearts. I wouldn’t play half of them at my wedding. This list was not helpful.

Matthew Campbell says:

March 9, 2018 at 2:39 pm

Thank you, Ellie, for the feedback. We will review the list again. If you have any songs we should add to the list, please do let us know.

- paige says:
  
  March 23, 2018 at 10:58 am
  
  I liked them all. There were a few slow some fast. I would definatley use them!!
  
  - Matthew Campbell says:
    
    March 23, 2018 at 7:52 pm
    
    Thanks Paige.