Living in Nashville, it is no surprise that Jacob is a musician and Molly a music lover. They actually met one night when Jacob struck up a conversation based on Molly’s 1981 vintage Bruce Springsteen tour t-shirt. Sharing new songs with each other was a huge part of their romance in those early days. A year after they met, they toured the country in a 1984 RV singing and playing shows together. They have since settled back in Nashville, where Jacob dee-jays a weekly party at The 5 Spot called Keep on Movin’ (it’s a radtastic dance party that plays 50’s & 60’s soul music). As you will see, their favorite tunes totally set the vibe for the entire day!

For the ceremony, Holly and Jacob enlisted a few friends (2 violins and 1 cello) to play instrumental versions of songs that are meaningful to them.

Seating for Family Members: La Vie En Rose – Edith Piaf
Bridal Party Processional: Let It Be Me – The Everly Brothers
Bride Processional: You Belong to Me – based on Patsy Cline’s version
Recessional: Tennessee Waltz

Cocktail/Dinner
If You Were Mine – Billy Holiday
Ultrafox – Django Reinhardt
Blue Skies – Artie Shaw
Miss Molly – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Sway (Remastered) – Rosemary Clooney
Cubano Jump – Jimmy Sutton’s Four Charms
Charleston – Django Reinhardt
Reconsider Baby – Lowell Fulson
Be Here To Love Me – Townes Van Zandt
My Baby – Memphis Slim
Goin’ Steady – Faron Young
The Man I Love – Billy Holiday
L&N Special – Christine Kittrell
Juke – Little Walter
If I Can’t Have You – Jackie Wilson
A Fine Romance – Billy Holiday
Can’t Help Falling In Love – Ingrid Michaelson
Gentle On My Mind – John Hartford
As Long As I’m Moving – Ruth Brown
Anyhow, I Love You – Guy Clark
Careful Man – Jim Croce
(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons – King Cole Trio
Baby Won’t You Please Come Home – Preservation Hall Jazz Band & Friends
Don’t Forget to Mess Around – David Ostwald’s Gully Low Jazz Band
You Belong to Me – Santo & Johnny
Here We Go Again – Ray Charles
Keeping Up with the Joneses – Faron Young
She Wears My Ring – Jimmy Bell (Jimmy Sweeney)
To Live is To Fly – Townes Van Zandt
Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – Hank Williams
Young At Heart – Jimmy Durante
In Spite of Ourselves – John Prine & Iris DeMent
Since I Met You Baby – The Avons
Shady Grove – Doc Watson
Cheek to Cheek – Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Armstrong
Ruby Ann – Marty Robbins
I’ll Be Seeing You – Frank Sinatra
The Finer Things – Derek Hoke
Travelin’ Man – Ricky Nelson
St. James Infirmary – Louis Armstrong
I’ll Take You There – The Staples Singers
Dusty Boxcar Wall – Eileen Jewell

Reception
First Dance: Sleepwalk – Santo & Johnny
Father/Daughter Dance: Nothing Can Change This Love – Sam Cooke
Mother/Son Dance: Georgia On My Mind – Ray Charles

Dance Party
You Can’t Hurry Love – The Supremes
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da – The Beatles
North Side Gal – JD McPherson
Mess Around – Ray Charles
You Never Can Tell – Chuck Berrry
Be My Baby – The Ronettes
The Right Time Nappy Brown
Bring It On Home To Me – Sam Cooke
Road Runner – Bo Diddley
Shotgun – Junior Walker & The All Stars
Little Bitty Pretty One – Bobby Day
Miserlou – Dick Dale
Got to Give It Up, Pt. 1 – Marvin Gaye
Good Golly Miss Molly – The Swinging Blue Jeans
Settin’ the Woods On Fire – Little Richard
Corrine Corrina – Big Joe Turner
Sea of Love – Phil Phillips
Land Of 1000 Dances – Wilson Pickett
Nothing from Nothing – Billy Preston
Just One Look – Doris Troy
I Want You Back – The Jackson 5
Uptight (Everything’s Alright) – Stevie Wonder
Midnight Train to Georgia – Gladys Knight & The Pips
(Today I Met) The Boy I’m Gonna Marry – Darlene Love
The Letter – Joe Cocker
Signed, Sealed, Delivered – Stevie Wonder
Don’t Mess Up A Good Thing – Fontella Bass And Bobby McClure
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave – Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
You’ve Really Got a Hold On Me – The Miracles
Tunnel of Love – Dire Straits
Please Mr. Postman – The Marvelettes
Help! – The Beatles
Don’t Mess With My Man – Irma Thomas
What A Wonderful World – Louis Armstrong
Stagger Lee – Lloyd Price
If You Need Me – Solomon Burke
Ain’t That Peculiar – Marvin Gaye
Charlie Brown – The Coasters

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Photos: Matt Miller with Our Labor of Love