So our twin's first birthday party is coming up in a few weeks and i'm in planning mode! The one project i'm working on is pulling together a fun playlist of music for background to the party.
I'm hoping to get a good mix of "adult" music and fun "toddler" music. Its going to be a small party (only maybe 20 or 25 adults, a few tweens and 3 other toddlers) and the music will be on just quietly in the background for about 2-3 hours, but i would still love some fun ideas!
So far i have songs like:
Stuck Like Glue by Sugarland (my son's FAVORITE song, his smile is huge every time he hears it)
Why Don't We Just Dance by Josh Turner (my daughter's favorite song)
Safe & Sound by Matthew West (my husband's song for them)
Been Watching You by Rodney Atkins
and i was going to pick some random VeggieTales and Disney songs we have on CD
Any suggestions for other fun toddler music or music about children/family??
Thanks for any ideas!! :)
Thanks so much for all the suggestions! I ended up with mostly VeggieTales & Disney, but mixed in few Beatles songs and a few other songs that have been meaningful to us through our infertility, pregnancy, NICU and parenting journies. The party went great! And I'm definitely using some of your suggestions for our every day music listening too :) Thanks again for the help!
Dan Zanes! You can get it on Itunes. You could make a Pandora station with the songs you like. Then you will get other music in that style.
Dynamite.
What a Wonderful World by Louis Armstrong
Cars theme by Rascal Flatts
The Walk - Sawyer Brown
That's My Job - Conway Twitty
The Spirit of a Boy - Randy Travis
Where Corn Don't Grow - Travis Tritt
Red Ragtop - Tim McGraw
Tough Little Boys - Gray Allen
The Best DayGeorge Strait
Half the Man - Brad Pisley
There Goes My Life - Kenny Chesney
I Am Nothing - Geremy Camp
Holy Moment - Matt Redman
Proud Father - Jon McLaughlin
What a Wonderful World - Louis Armstrong
I Hope You Dance - Lee Ann Womack
Never Die Young - James Taylor
Father and Son - Cat Steevens
Good Riddance - Green Day
Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - John Lennon
The Riddle - Five For Fighting
Ready, Set, Go - Tokio Hotel
Star - Bryan Adams
Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n Roses
Tough Little Boys - Harry Chaplin
Growin' Up - Bruce Springsteen
Hard Earned Smile - David LaMotte's
Circle Game - Joni Mitchell
Brown-Eyed Girl Van Morrison
Daddy's Girl Peter Cetera
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun Cyndi Lauper
Happy Girl Martina McBride
Hey Good Lookin' Jimmy Buffet
Isn't She Lovely Stevie Wonder
Miss Independent Kelly Clarkson
My Girl The Temptations
Pretty Woman Roy Orbison
She (Notting Hill Soundtrack) Elvis Costello
She's a Lady Tom Jones
She's a Wild O. Faith Hill
She's Got a Way About Her Billy Joel
She's Not Just a Pretty Face Shania Twain
You Are So Beautiful Joe Cocker
Birthday Songs for Boys and Men
100 Years Five For Fighting
Ain't No Other Man Christina Aguilera
Back When Tim McGraw
Bad to the Bone George Thorogood
Beautiful Boy Celine Dion
Chicks Dig It Chris Cagle
I Go Back Kenny Chesney
Lets Hear It For The Boy Denise Williams
Let them Be Little Billy Dean
My Guy Diana Ross and the Supremes
Sunrise, Sunset Louis Armstrong
The Baby Blake Shelton
When I Grow Up To Be A Man The Beach Boys
Young Kenny Chesney
Danger Zone Kenny Loggins
Never Be O. Again Alabama
Playing With the Boys Playing With the Boys
You're Nobody (till somebody loves you) Dean Martin or Frank Sinatra
You've Got a Friend in Me Disney's Toy Story Soundtrack
Young Kenny Chesney
Young At Heart Frank Sinatra
Birthday Songs for All
Celebration Kool and the Gang
Dream a Little Dream of Me Louis Armstrong
Thanks for the Memories Frank Sinatra
The Best is yet to Come Frank Sinatra
This is the Time Billy Joel
Time of Your Life Green Day
We Are Family Sister Sledge
When I'm 64 The Beatles
You Say It's Your Birthday The Beatles
Young At Heart Frank Sinatra
Check out Laurie Berkner, Dan Zanes and Music for Aardvarks and Other Mamals/David Weinstone. You can sample most of the music on Amazon.com and you might even be able to check out these cd's from your local library. The Backyardigans have a couple of cd's out with a few cute songs. Also, my 4 year old walks around singing Baby Beluga all the time so you might want to check out Raffi too.
My daughter's favorite Laurie Berkner songs are: Victor Vito, I'm Gonna Catch You, Boots and The Goldfish song.
P.S. - One of my daughter's favorite songs right now is "Somebody Else Calling You Baby" by Luke Bryan. It's cute to see her bopping her head around in her carseat singing to it on the radio
My 3.5 year old daughter loves Kidz Bop 19. It's current pop music sung by kids for kids. It's easy on adult ears too since the songs are recognizable, current and clean for little ears. Tweens should like it too. They have various editions of it. Check on Amazon or iTunes.
Here is a track list:
1. DJ Got US Falling In Love Again
2. Firework
3. Just The Way You Are
4. Dynamite
5. Cooler Than Me
6. Airplanes
7. Club Can't Handle Me
8. Bulletproof
9. Animal
10. Just a Dream
11. Mine
13. Please Don't Go
14. The Time
15. The Only Exception
16. Somebody To Love
Laurie Berkner Band is awesome for toddler music!
Ziggy Marley's CD, "Family Time" is AWESOME!!!
Love my family by the roots, hello goodbye by the Beatles and anything by Laurie Berkin.
My kids love all the songs on "An Album to benefit The Preservation Jazz Hall Band & The Preservation Hall Outreach Program" . It's New Orleans Jazz and they LOVE it. Not really about family, but it's good dancing music even if you don't use it for the party! Have fun :)
I love the whole Family Time CD by Ziggy Marley. Very adult and child-friendly!
They Might Be Giants has a couple of kid CDs
Trout Fishing in America (my 4 yo loves them right now)
Captain Bogg and Salty (pirate music in various styles - maybe older toddlers)
some songs we have loved to dance to through the years (my son is now 7 and my daughter is 3) are:
"i don't feel like dancing" by the scissor sisters
"upside down" jack johnson
"the impression that i get" the mighty mighty bosstones
"all star" smashmouth
"give up the funk" from the glee soundtrack
"green light" john legend
hope these are useful! have a great party!
We love Laurie Berkner! She's a great children songwriter/singer. The music is fun and NOT annoying to parents, which is a huge plus! Have fun with the party planning!
Ziggy Marley has a great CD out for kids/family...not sure the name of it as my friend copied it for me, but its AWESOME! I think its called FAMILY TIME? Jack Johnson's Curious George Soundetrack is great. Johnny Cash and Jerry Garcia have kids albums too. I also used some "kidz club music" which I found hysterical b/c I love club music and there was a club MIX of all kids songs. I made a cd favor for my songs 2nd music themed party. Just picked my favorite sweet songs along with kids typical songs and not so typical songs. Got rave reviews.
Imagination Movers are so fun for kids and i like them too. Wiggles are fun for kids, but a little more annoying for adults.
