The Song That Still Empties the Bar at a Beverly Hills Reception

At receptions across Beverly Hills, there is a moment late in the night when the room turns over completely. A song surfaces that belongs to someone's teenage years, first heard alone in a bedroom, and the dance floor fills before the chorus even arrives. Guests who spent the earlier hours seated at their tables move at once, and the sound that goes up is less a cheer than a shout of recognition. For a few minutes, a couple's carefully chosen playlist gives way to a room full of shared memory.

With reporting from Green Wedding Shoes.