52 Greatest Love Songs Ever
Greatest Love Songs Ever: #14 “I Will Always Love You”
What is the best selling love song in history? Dolly Parton’s “I Will Always Love You,” a #1 hit song on 3 separate occasions.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #15 “I Get a Kick Out of You”
We’re down to the top 15 songs in our countdown of the 52 Greatest Love Songs Ever! This week’s entrant is Cole Porter’s 1934 classic,
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #16 “Crazy”
“Crazy” was a wildly successful country love song made possible by the convergence of three country music superstars: Patsy Cline on vocals; Willy Nelson as songwriter; and Floyd Cramer on piano.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #17 “Someone to Watch Over Me”
I introduce you to the greatest American songwriter in history: George Gershwin. He collaborated with his lyricist brother, the great Ira Gershwin, in creating a shockingly expansive library of classic love songs, in spite of his abbreviated life.
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #18 “Stand By Your Man”
Country music’s all-time #1 song is a counter-cultural oddity to 21st century’s young listeners. “Stand by Your Man” is an anthem to forgiveness. Without it, relationships don’t have a chance. …
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #19 “Close to You”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates Burt Bacharach was one of the most amazing songwriters of the 1960s. He was cut from a different mold than the…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #20 “You Go To My Head”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates Romantic love is simply intoxicating. It can make you feel dizzy, giddy, and even silly. The songwriting team of J. Fred Coots…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #21 “It Had to be You”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates “It Had to be You” was written a century ago and has never gone away. It experienced a resurgence in 1989 when…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #22 “All the Things You Are”
By Tom Quiner, Board President, Pulse Life Advocates “You are the promised kiss of springtime, that makes the lonely winter seem long.” These romantic words by the legendary Oscar Hammerstein…
Read MoreGreatest Love Songs Ever: #23 “Let’s fall in love”
Hamlet poses the portentous question, “to be or not to be?” in one of Shakespeare’s greatest plays. He offers the question in the context of whether to go on living.…
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