Love songs, island style

Cafe Society
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So aside from the obvious, like the Beach Boys and Elvis, who out there has good romantic songs that are beach or island themed?

I’ve got a friend who’s planning a beach wedding for next summer and she wants to incorporate a lot of island-themed music. When she brought it up to me, I immediately listed off a bunch of Elvis songs from Blue Hawaii that would work, but was pretty hard pressed to think of more.

Surely there are tons more out there, though, even if I’m drawing a blank. Any suggestions?

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“Montego Bay” by Bobby Bloom—er…fits the island, not romantic love. Stilll, great tune.

One about not being able to afford it:
“American Dream” by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

And “Jamaica Lady” by the same

Do they have to be happy songs? If not…

“Key Largo,” Bertie Higgins (sp?)
“On and On,” Stephen Bishop
Prolly a bunch of reggae stuff as well, though that’s not a genre I listen to much.

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Over the Rainbow/Wonderful World by Iz is always good.

I personally like Makana a lot, you can google his stuff. It’s more slack key. This doesn’t really do him justice but I got tired of looking: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eppkvikTIc&feature=related