One of the best ways to honour the memory of your loved one is by playing a song or songs that they loved or the ones that you love that remind you of them.
The following is a list of songs that you could choose from. Take the time to have a listen and then write it down somewhere for easy reference.
Enjoy!
When September Ends – Green Day
Tears in Heaven – Eric Clapton
Keep Me in Your Heart – Wayne Zevon, Album “The Wild” is said to be full of good songs for funerals
The Show Must Go On! – Queen
Go Rest High On That Mountain – Vince Hill
I’ll be missing you – Puff Daddy and Faith Evans
The Living Years – Mike and The Mechanics (might be a bit too melancholy, even for a funeral about irreconciled father and son)
Meet Me In The Middle Of The Air – Paul Kelly – Religious Connotations
See You Again – Whizz Khalifa
Courtney’s Song – James Blunt
Dance with my Father – Luther Vandross
Old Hat – Clare Dunn
Talk Is Cheap – Alan Jackson
When I get where I’m going – Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton
Perfect – Ed Sheeran
True Blue – John Williamson
The Gambler – Kenny Rogers
Angel – Sarah McLaughlin
The Carnival is Over – The Seekers
Travellers Prayer-Slim Dusty
Leave Him in the Long Yard- Slim Dusty
Lights on the Hill- Slim Dusty
Looking Forward, Looking Back – Slim Dusty
Never Tear Us Apart – INXS
The Day You Went Away – Wendy Matthews
You Decorated My Life – Kenny Rogers
The Man in the Picture – Ian McNamara
Somewhere Over the Rainbow – Israel K
I will Always Love You – Whitney Houston
I will Remember You – Sarah McLaughan
You’ll Be In My Heart – Phil Collins
To Where You Are – Josh Groban
Wind Beneath My Wings – Bette Midler
Forever Young – Bob Dylan
One Sweet Day – Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
Yesterday – Beatles
The Prayer – Celine Dion and Josh Groban
Always On My Mind – Elvis
There Goes My Everything – Elvis
Time to Say Goodbye – Andrea Bocelli
Unchained Melody – Righteous Brothers
Danny Boy – Jim Reeves/ Foster & Allen