52 Greatest Love Songs Ever
Greatest love songs ever: #30 “Cheek to Cheek”
Of all of the songs ever performed in the history of cinema, “Cheek to Cheek” ranks #15, according to the American Film Institute. That’s how good it is. It was…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #31 “Something”
Sinatra said that “Something” was the best love song written in the last fifty years. He should know, as he crooned all of the best of the genre in his…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #32 “My Girl”
The intro of “My Girl” immediately grabs, as the bass guitar plays, “bap boom boom, bap boom boom, bap boom boom …” Then a clean electric guitar riff pipes in,…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #33 “Cry Me a River”
Younger readers will think “Cry Me a River” was written by Justin Timberlake in 2002. It’s better to say he ripped off Arthur Hamilton’s song title of the same…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #34 “Hello”
By Tom Quiner Lionel Richie was perhaps the finest American balladeer of the late 20th century. His songs were romantic, combining irresistible melodies with romantic lyrics focused on the human…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #35 “Maria”
By Tom Quiner This soulful aria is but one of the many dazzling songs from West Side Story, with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. “Maria” is…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #36 “Blue Moon”
By Tom Quiner Even younger readers are familiar with Rodgers and Hammerstein. But few knew that Lorenz Hart was Richard Rodger’s lyricist before Oscar Hammerstein II. Hart’s lyrics had a…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #37 “What’ll I Do?”
By Tom Quiner This lovely song was written 102 years ago by one of the great American songwriters, Irving Berlin. The 1920s was a decade of dazzling creativity, rivaled only…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #38 “All I Ask of You”
By Tom Quiner “All I Ask of You” is a soaring operatic pop love song that explores a different aspect of love than the previous songs on my list of…
Read MoreGreatest love songs ever: #39 “The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face”
By Tom Quiner I’m not a big fan of the notion of ‘love at first sight.’ ‘Like’ at first sight … or ‘infatuation’ at first sight, that makes sense. Love…
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