Ah, the power of love! Your heart beats faster, your eyes are opened wider, and you are much more likely to listen to the song of love. Each February 14 and in the weeks leading up to Valentine's Day music choices of the nation became more romantic.
Over the years, some wonderfully potent love songs have been recorded. In fact, the hardest part of writing this article was to trim the list down to just ten tunes.
So, if you do not find your favorite love song here, send me an email at immedia@pacbell.net and let me know your wishes on the subject. In the meantime, you might want to visit www.romantic-lyrics.com or www.theromantic.com for a large selection of songs, often with full lyrics.
But right now, sit back, relax, pop a chocolate candy in your mouth, and read some amazing facts about the Top Ten Songs of Love for Valentine's Day (in chronological order):
"Who - what to watch me," George and Iraa Dzhershvin, 1926.
The birthplace of this beautiful and whimsical number was otherwise light and frothy Broadway musical called "Oh, Kay." The song was originally fast-paced, but soon moved to form the ballad, according to the lyrics. Were evocative of the song every year since it was first composed, with a wide variety of artists that are making known versions, including Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Queen Latifah rapper (although it is not rap version), trumpeter Chris Botti, pianist Keith Jarrett, blues legend Etta James, Barbra Streisand, and Sting, who sang it on the introductory credits in 1987 Ridley Scott of the same name.
"Night and Day" Cole Porter, 1932.
Written for the game, "Gay Divorce," and also appears in the film, "The Merry divorced," it may be best known of the 800 + Porter songs, and illustrates his seemingly easy flow of words, culminating in a bold statement that all torments of life will not end, "As long as you do not let me spend my life making love to you, day and night, night and day." This - the economy Usher letter, that this phrase combines the singer's desire with a promise of eternal love, being able to invert and restate the title, all in 17 words. This is - why a lot of poets - singers would like to tell the doorman, "You - Top," which is another of his famous songs, and would have made this list, unless it was also so full of humor.
"Liberated music," Alex North and High Zeyrt, 1936.
William Stayrrat was 16 and too shy to approach the girl of his dreams, so he wrote one of the world's most beautiful stories of love and longing are (using Zaret as his nickname). The breathtaking melody was by Alex North (who went on to compose scores for "Spartacus," "Cleopatra," and many other films). It takes 19 years before their song appeared on a prison movie, "Exempt," where it was nominated for Best Song Oscar. Al Hibbler sang it in the movie, but that same year saw the song hit the chart in versions Hibbler, Les Baxter, Roy Hamayltonom, and June Valli. Among the nearly 700 artists who have recorded this song - Harry Belafonte, Liberace, Jimmy Young, U2, LeAnn Leann, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson, Heart, Elvis Presley, and, of course, Fair Brothers. Their 1965 recording was a huge hit, and reached the top twenty again quarter century later, when it appeared on the "Phantom" soundtrack in 1990. The duo re-recorded the song the same year and the version of Als!
o struck the best twenty.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Euonom McCall, 1957.
Long, slow-fire is building - the way some people describe the version sung by Roberta Flack, which created a sensation when it appeared in 1971, Clint Eastwood's directorial debut, "The Game, Misty for Me." Experimental playwright and folk singer McCall wrote it 14 years earlier for his partner, Peggy Seeger, who was in need of a romantic song for the game. Written in less than an hour, the song actually defines the term "love song." Flack - outright performance, but the song was recorded sets of artists in many genres, including Johnny Porridge, Silin, Dion, Elvis Presley, Mela Torma, Isaac Hayes, Gordon Lightfoot, and George Michael.
"Cherish," Terry Kirkman, 1966.
Kirkman reportedly wrote this beautiful song in half an hour, while he was a keyboard player in the overlooked Los Angeles-based, join the Association. Featuring wonderfully expressive vocal harmony, the song - actually about unrequited love, but her sense of desire is so strong that this tune is still played at weddings and anniversary gatherings. Some Internet sites explain that the registration has been almost three and a half minutes long, which was too much for radio play in those days, so the song was sped up to 3:13, but is listed on the label as 3:00. This later became the first hit for David Kassiday, television star, "Partridge Family," but this should not dissuade you from checking the original.
"God Only Knows" by Brian Wilson, 1966.
Although it begins with the line, "I do not always love you," the rest of the songs are as assertive about undying love like that - anything ever written. The registration of the Beach Boys, Carl Wilson lead vocal reaches rarified combination of strength and tenderness, and the whole track is ethereal in its beauty. Version of the cover songs appear in movies, "dance boogie nights" and "Saved", while the original - at the end of the film by Richard Curtis charming, "Love, Actually."
"Your Song," Elton John and Bernie Topin, 1967.
It is said that the original lyric sheet has coffee stains on it, because Topin wrote the song at breakfast one morning in the family home of John, where he was an artist, "soon to be a superstar," lived. While some mistakenly think that this was the first collaboration John / Taupin, it was one of their earliest works. John reportedly wrote the tune in 20 minutes. The song perfectly captures the sense of wonder experienced by anyone who fell in love.
"I Will Always Love You," Dolly Parton, 1974.
When Dolly Parton ended her professional songwriting relationship Porter Wagoner, she wrote this heartfelt song break even though they were not romantically involved. The result was a country hit for Parton's number one. She has recorded another version for the 1978 film, "The best small brothel in Texas," and again hit number one on the country charts. Whitney Houston's version of the song appeared in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard," and dominated the popular soul and adult contemporary charts for weeks. Not a day goes by without someone - then, playing it to demonstrate the depth of their love, which is absurd, since it is - a song about saying goodbye.
"Heaven," by Jim and Brian Adams Vollans, 1983.
Written for the thankfully forgotten 1983 film "Night in Heaven," a song also appeared on "reckless" Adam album next year and hit number one. Today, a whole new generation knows the song from the 2002 version of the dance DJ Samman, which was recorded with Yanou and features vocals Do (Dominique van Hulst). This modern, rhythmic version, which has hit the dance floor and yet conveys a comprehensive circulatory passion of love, now appears in more than a dozen different remixes and traced nearly two dozen countries.
"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel, 1986.
This track from Gabriel's "So" album was named the most beautiful love song ever recorded. There's no denying his passion and power, with unusual chords and lyrics, which affects the spiritual and metaphysical topics. Directed by Cameron Crowe worked hard (and reportedly paid two hundred thousand dollars), a song in his film, "Say What - a '(in the scene where John keeps Kuzakov box boom on his head). Another popular story about the song - that it was written for Gabriel's then girlfriend, Rosanna Arquette. If true, this would mean that she had two hit song written for her in that decade, as it is - the subject of "Roseanne" Child in 1982.
Over the years, some wonderfully potent love songs have been recorded. In fact, the hardest part of writing this article was to trim the list down to just ten tunes.
So, if you do not find your favorite love song here, send me an email at immedia@pacbell.net and let me know your wishes on the subject. In the meantime, you might want to visit www.romantic-lyrics.com or www.theromantic.com for a large selection of songs, often with full lyrics.
But right now, sit back, relax, pop a chocolate candy in your mouth, and read some amazing facts about the Top Ten Songs of Love for Valentine's Day (in chronological order):
"Who - what to watch me," George and Iraa Dzhershvin, 1926.
The birthplace of this beautiful and whimsical number was otherwise light and frothy Broadway musical called "Oh, Kay." The song was originally fast-paced, but soon moved to form the ballad, according to the lyrics. Were evocative of the song every year since it was first composed, with a wide variety of artists that are making known versions, including Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Elton John, Queen Latifah rapper (although it is not rap version), trumpeter Chris Botti, pianist Keith Jarrett, blues legend Etta James, Barbra Streisand, and Sting, who sang it on the introductory credits in 1987 Ridley Scott of the same name.
"Night and Day" Cole Porter, 1932.
Written for the game, "Gay Divorce," and also appears in the film, "The Merry divorced," it may be best known of the 800 + Porter songs, and illustrates his seemingly easy flow of words, culminating in a bold statement that all torments of life will not end, "As long as you do not let me spend my life making love to you, day and night, night and day." This - the economy Usher letter, that this phrase combines the singer's desire with a promise of eternal love, being able to invert and restate the title, all in 17 words. This is - why a lot of poets - singers would like to tell the doorman, "You - Top," which is another of his famous songs, and would have made this list, unless it was also so full of humor.
"Liberated music," Alex North and High Zeyrt, 1936.
William Stayrrat was 16 and too shy to approach the girl of his dreams, so he wrote one of the world's most beautiful stories of love and longing are (using Zaret as his nickname). The breathtaking melody was by Alex North (who went on to compose scores for "Spartacus," "Cleopatra," and many other films). It takes 19 years before their song appeared on a prison movie, "Exempt," where it was nominated for Best Song Oscar. Al Hibbler sang it in the movie, but that same year saw the song hit the chart in versions Hibbler, Les Baxter, Roy Hamayltonom, and June Valli. Among the nearly 700 artists who have recorded this song - Harry Belafonte, Liberace, Jimmy Young, U2, LeAnn Leann, Neil Diamond, Willie Nelson, Heart, Elvis Presley, and, of course, Fair Brothers. Their 1965 recording was a huge hit, and reached the top twenty again quarter century later, when it appeared on the "Phantom" soundtrack in 1990. The duo re-recorded the song the same year and the version of Als!
o struck the best twenty.
"The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face," Euonom McCall, 1957.
Long, slow-fire is building - the way some people describe the version sung by Roberta Flack, which created a sensation when it appeared in 1971, Clint Eastwood's directorial debut, "The Game, Misty for Me." Experimental playwright and folk singer McCall wrote it 14 years earlier for his partner, Peggy Seeger, who was in need of a romantic song for the game. Written in less than an hour, the song actually defines the term "love song." Flack - outright performance, but the song was recorded sets of artists in many genres, including Johnny Porridge, Silin, Dion, Elvis Presley, Mela Torma, Isaac Hayes, Gordon Lightfoot, and George Michael.
"Cherish," Terry Kirkman, 1966.
Kirkman reportedly wrote this beautiful song in half an hour, while he was a keyboard player in the overlooked Los Angeles-based, join the Association. Featuring wonderfully expressive vocal harmony, the song - actually about unrequited love, but her sense of desire is so strong that this tune is still played at weddings and anniversary gatherings. Some Internet sites explain that the registration has been almost three and a half minutes long, which was too much for radio play in those days, so the song was sped up to 3:13, but is listed on the label as 3:00. This later became the first hit for David Kassiday, television star, "Partridge Family," but this should not dissuade you from checking the original.
"God Only Knows" by Brian Wilson, 1966.
Although it begins with the line, "I do not always love you," the rest of the songs are as assertive about undying love like that - anything ever written. The registration of the Beach Boys, Carl Wilson lead vocal reaches rarified combination of strength and tenderness, and the whole track is ethereal in its beauty. Version of the cover songs appear in movies, "dance boogie nights" and "Saved", while the original - at the end of the film by Richard Curtis charming, "Love, Actually."
"Your Song," Elton John and Bernie Topin, 1967.
It is said that the original lyric sheet has coffee stains on it, because Topin wrote the song at breakfast one morning in the family home of John, where he was an artist, "soon to be a superstar," lived. While some mistakenly think that this was the first collaboration John / Taupin, it was one of their earliest works. John reportedly wrote the tune in 20 minutes. The song perfectly captures the sense of wonder experienced by anyone who fell in love.
"I Will Always Love You," Dolly Parton, 1974.
When Dolly Parton ended her professional songwriting relationship Porter Wagoner, she wrote this heartfelt song break even though they were not romantically involved. The result was a country hit for Parton's number one. She has recorded another version for the 1978 film, "The best small brothel in Texas," and again hit number one on the country charts. Whitney Houston's version of the song appeared in the 1992 movie "The Bodyguard," and dominated the popular soul and adult contemporary charts for weeks. Not a day goes by without someone - then, playing it to demonstrate the depth of their love, which is absurd, since it is - a song about saying goodbye.
"Heaven," by Jim and Brian Adams Vollans, 1983.
Written for the thankfully forgotten 1983 film "Night in Heaven," a song also appeared on "reckless" Adam album next year and hit number one. Today, a whole new generation knows the song from the 2002 version of the dance DJ Samman, which was recorded with Yanou and features vocals Do (Dominique van Hulst). This modern, rhythmic version, which has hit the dance floor and yet conveys a comprehensive circulatory passion of love, now appears in more than a dozen different remixes and traced nearly two dozen countries.
"In Your Eyes" Peter Gabriel, 1986.
This track from Gabriel's "So" album was named the most beautiful love song ever recorded. There's no denying his passion and power, with unusual chords and lyrics, which affects the spiritual and metaphysical topics. Directed by Cameron Crowe worked hard (and reportedly paid two hundred thousand dollars), a song in his film, "Say What - a '(in the scene where John keeps Kuzakov box boom on his head). Another popular story about the song - that it was written for Gabriel's then girlfriend, Rosanna Arquette. If true, this would mean that she had two hit song written for her in that decade, as it is - the subject of "Roseanne" Child in 1982.
