83 Best Oldies Songs for Weddings
2018
We have created a list of our favorite best Oldies songs for weddings. My Wedding Songs does have song lists of the best 50’s, 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 1960 through the early 70’s. You can find many different music types such as R&B, Rock and Roll, Beach, Country and more.
Our Top 5 Best Oldies Songs for Weddings: 1) Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers, 2) The Way You Look Tonight – Frank Sinatra, 3) Can’t Help Falling In Love – Elvis Presley, 4) Chapel Of Love – Dixie Cups, 5) My Girl – The Temptations.
Best Oldies Songs
Archies – Sugar Sugar
1969, Pop
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
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
Broadway production in 1964
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
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
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 – Can’t Take My Eyes Off You
1967, Pop
Henry Mancini – Moon River
1962, Pop
Jan & Dean – Surf City
1963, Rock
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
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
Nancy Sinatra – These Boots Are Made For Walkin’
1966, Pop
Nat King Cole – The Party’s Over
1956, Jazz
Nat King Cole – Unforgettable
1952, Jazz
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
Platters – Smoke Gets In Your Eyes
1958, Doo-Wop
Ray Anthony – Bunny Hop
1952, Jazz
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 – 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 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 Isley Brothers – Shout
1959, R&B
The Platters – Only You
1955, Doo-Wop
The Spaniels – Goodnight Sweetheart, Goodnight
1954, R&B
The Temptations – Ain’t Too Proud To Beg
1966, Soul
The Tokens – The Lion Sleeps Tonight
1961, R&B
The Turtles – Happy Together
1967, Pop Rock
Tony Bennett – I Left My Heart In San Francisco
1962, Pop
Wilson Pickett – Mustang Sally
1966, R&B
Young Rascals – Good Lovin’
1966, R&B
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.
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.
I liked them all. There were a few slow some fast. I would definatley use them!!
Thanks Paige.