# I need song suggestions, please.

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 14, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653 "2008-11-14T02:43:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653/1 "2008-11-14T02:43:42Z")

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My little girl is having her first birthday party this weekend, and I’ve put together a slide show of pictures from her first year to be playing on the tv while everyone’s sitting around talking and eating. I want to have music to go along with the slideshow, just playing softly in the background, and I need suggestions for good songs.

To get an idea of what I’m going for, the first three songs on my list are \*Isn’t She Lovely \*by Stevie Wonder, \*My Girl \*by The Temptations, and _Baby Love_ by The Supremes. I know those are all oldies, but I’m really looking for anything that fits the mood/theme of “here are a bunch of cute pictures of a baby girl. We love her lots.”

So Dopers, any ideas?

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**Author:** ![Kat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b19c9b/32.png) [@Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kat)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653/2 "2008-11-14T02:48:01Z")

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How about either _Thank God for Kids_ by the Oak Ridge Boys (or Kenny Chesney) or _Thank Heaven for Little Girls_ (no idea who sings it).

That about exhausts my “little kid related” song list.

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**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653/3 "2008-11-14T15:16:14Z")

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_Your Smiling Face_ by James Taylor

_How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You_ by James Taylor

_Sunshine on My Shoulders_ by John Denver

\*Ballerina Girl \*by Lionel Richie

_Little Bitty Pretty One_ by Thurston Harris

_Crazy Little Thing Called Love_ by Queen

_Forever Young_ by Rod Stewart

\*You’ve Got a Way \*by Shania Twain

_Love Struck Baby_ by Stevie Ray Vaughn

_Hey! Baby_ by Bruce Channel (from _Dirty Dancing_)

_Higher and Higher_ by Jackie Wilson (from _Ghostbusters_)

_We Are Family_ by Sister Sledge

_Three Times a Lady_ by The Commodores

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**Author:** ![PeskiPiksi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e495f1/32.png) [@PeskiPiksi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PeskiPiksi)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653/4 "2008-11-14T20:44:04Z")

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Awesome suggestions so far! Thanks and keep’em coming!

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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2008, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-need-song-suggestions-please/472653/5 "2008-11-14T21:02:22Z")

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If you want to slow it down a little, Blessed by Elton John, Dreamland by Mary Chapin Carpenter,

Love of my Life by Carly Simon

From the moment I first saw you  
The second that you were born  
I knew that you were the love of my life  
Quite simply the love of my life  
ETA: I get to go to a first birthday party this weekend too, for a friend’s boy who was born at 2 lbs 11 oz and is now a healthy alomst 19 pounds! Yay one-year-olds!