Diamond anniversary
Sixty years married. They have lived most of their lives as a pair. Let them hear it sung, clearly and slowly.
A 60th anniversary song for a diamond anniversary
Sixty years of marriage means a couple has lived most of their lives as a pair, through children, grandchildren and often great-grandchildren. A diamond anniversary song is usually made by the family, for a gathering where everyone can hear it at once.
Hear the second a name lands
Linda, your love is in the cards you play,
You wrote“She still mails me care packages with her lemon bars.”
The song singsAnd the sweet lemon bars you send my way.
From a real song made here: “Every Thursday with Linda”, for Linda, from what her son typed.
The moment you give it
Play it at the table at a gentle volume, with the card in front of them. A slow song lets them catch every word, and when it ends they start telling the story of the wedding themselves.
Diamond anniversary, afternoon tea
Sixty years, and still holding hands at the table.
This is for both of you.
Start with one memory
Pick a question. The form opens with your first line already started.
An anniversary song made here
The sample is a ten year song; it shows how clearly the singer handles the name.
What you get for $12.99
You hear it first, free. You pay once, only if you keep it.
- Free preview
- The first 60 seconds, ready in about two minutes after you enter your email. No card.
- The song
- The full song, about two minutes long, as an MP3 to download and keep.
- Lyrics
- Every line is on the preview page before you pay. Unlocking adds the lyric sheet, to print or save as a PDF.
- Their link
- A private link that plays the whole song without an account, with your name and a short note. Switch it off any time.
- Photo video
- Free: a vertical 9:16 photo video of your photos with the lyrics on screen, plus 15- and 30-second cuts. Made in your browser.
- The name
- Unusual name? Type how to say it (SEER-sha for Saoirse) and the singer says it that way.
- Re-record
- One free re-record per song: change a line, the style or the voice and record it again.
- Name sung wrong?
- After you pay, a free remake with the name fixed, once per song.
- Languages
- Sung in English, German, French, Spanish or Japanese.
- Teaser
- Before you pay, a 15-second teaser link that tells them a song is on its way.
- For this song
- Making an anniversary video? Download the MP3 and lay it under your own clips, or let the free photo video set your photos to it.
- Want a nudge next year? Opt in and we email you three weeks and one week before the date.
Diamond, the 60th anniversary gift
Diamond is the traditional gift for sixty years of marriage. At this point most couples would rather have the family around them than another thing to keep, which is where a song fits.
What to write about sixty years
- The way they still look after each other day to day.
- The year and the place they married.
- The work that kept the family going: the farm, the shop, the shifts.
- How many children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren are coming.
- A saying of theirs every generation has picked up.
- The house or town most of the family thinks of as home.
For example
A great-grandchild's parent might type:
- Margaret and Harold married in Lancaster in 1966 and ran the hardware store for forty years.
- They have four children, eleven grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
- Harold still calls her Peggy and hums while he makes her tea.
Making sure they can hear it
- Ask a grandchild to hold the speaker so everyone can see who is playing it.
- Pick piano ballad and ask for a slow, simple tune in your lines.
- Choose whichever voice they hear most clearly, and test it on them if you can.
- Play it in a quiet room first, before the crowd arrives.
- Keep the MP3 on a phone by their chair so they can replay it.
More song ideas
Questions
Sixty years, sung slowly.
Type one of their names and the year they married.