IN ANTICIPATION OF VALENTINE’S DAY, HERE’S MY LIST OF THE 10 GREATEST LOVE SONGS OF ALL TIME. I’LL POST A SONG EVERY DAY THROUGH VALENTINE’S DAY.
After a few years of banging out several hit singles in the 60’s, the lead singer of the Four Seasons wanted to do some solo work.
Frankie Valli’s first four records as a solo artist didn’t do very well. But on his fifth attempt, Valli hit the jackpot.
The smooth, slow-starting ballad builds, as one reviewer put it, “to a brassy climax.”
The website www.huliq.com claims this smash hit was the fifth-most played song of the 1900’s.
Here’s the entire single.
BLOG EXTRA
In one of my previous entries in this love song countdown, I featured the rather unusual singing combination of Tony Bennett and K.D. Lang.
Here's another strange, but very interesting duo, in concert in Modena, Italy.
Valentine's Day is Thursday.
TOP TEN LOVE SONGS
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5) CAN'T TAKE MY EYES OFF OF YOU
6) IT HAD TO BE YOU
7) CHANCES ARE
8) UNCHAINED MELODY
9) EMBRACEABLE YOU
10) THE WAY YOU LOOK TONIGHT
