Greatest Love Songs

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Tracklist

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1They Say It’s Wonderful
recording of:
They Say It’s Wonderful (from “Annie Get Your Gun”)
lyricist and composer:
Irving Berlin
publisher:
Irving Berlin Music Co. and Irving Berlin Music Corp.
part of:
Annie Get Your Gun
Frank Sinatra3:08
2If Dreams Come True
cover recording of:
If Dreams Come True
lyricist:
Irving Mills
composer:
Edgar M. Sampson and Benny Goodman (clarinetist and bandleader)
Ella Fitzgerald2:38
3Tired of Being Alone
Al Jarreau2:34
4We Have All the Time in the World
Vic Damone3:32
5Loving Her Was Easier
cover recording of:
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I’ll Ever Do Again)
lyricist and composer:
Kris Kristofferson
Bobby Bare2:47
6A Cottage for Sale
cover recording of:
A Cottage for Sale
lyricist:
Larry Conley (jazz bandleader/songwriter/trombonist)
composer:
Willard Robison
publisher:
Chappell & Co.
Billy Eckstine3:26
7Dream
Dinah Washington2:42
8I Surrender, Dear
Mel Tormé2:32
9It’s a Sentimental Thing to Do
Peggy Lee2:53
10I Can’t Go On Without You
Fats Domino32:12
11I Love You More and More
Pat Boone2:24
12These Things Money Can’t Buy
recording of:
Those Things Money Can’t Buy
writer:
Al Goodhart and Ruth Poll
Nat King Cole2:37
13It’s You or No One
cover recording of:
It’s You or No One
lyricist:
Sammy Cahn
composer:
Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne
part of:
Romance on the High Seas
Sarah Vaughan3:12
14Patches
cover recording of:
Patches
writer:
Ronald Dunbar (Songwriter, A&R director and record producer) and Norman Johnson (US soul singer, R&B songwriter & producer)
Clarence Carter3:02
15Love Is Best of All
Brook Benton3:54
16My Prayer
recording of:
My Prayer (on 1939-09-18)
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Georges Boulanger (Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Peter Maurice Music, Skidmore Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
The Ink Spots3.53:13
17Lorena
recording of:
Lorena
writer:
Charlie Williams (Country songwriter)
is based on:
Lorena
Waylon Jennings2:20
18Warm and Tender Love
recording of:
Warm and Tender Love
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Robinson
publisher:
Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Warner Chappell North America
Percy Sledge3:07
19Bring It On Home to Me
cover recording of:
Bring It On Home to Me
lyricist and composer:
Sam Cooke (American singer and songwriter, “King of Soul”)
publisher:
ABKCO Music, ABKCO Music Ltd., ABKCO Music, Inc. (this is a music publisher; for release labels, please use “ABKCO”) and Kags Music Corp.
Eddie Floyd2:45
20Meditation
cover recording of:
Meditation
lyricist:
Newton Mendonça
composer:
Antônio Carlos Jobim
additional translator:
Eddy Marnay (French lyricist)
translator:
Norman Gimbel
publisher:
Corcovado Music Corp., Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), New Thunder Music Co., Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and 大洋音楽 (Taiyō Music)
translated version of:
Meditação
Lena Horne2:12
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1My Man
cover recording of:
My Man (Mon homme) (Channing Pollock lyrics)
lyricist:
Jacques Charles (French librettist and theatre producer) and Albert Willemetz
composer:
Maurice Yvain
translator:
Channing Pollock
publisher:
CBS Feist Catalog, Inc. (ended) and Éditions Salabert France
translated version of:
Mon homme
Ella Fitzgerald3:02
2Didn’t We
Vic Damone4:00
3Misty
cover recording of:
Misty
lyricist:
Johnny Burke (American lyricist, 1908–1964)
composer:
Erroll Garner
publisher:
Marke Music Publishing Co., Inc., My Dad’s Songs, Inc., Octave Music Publishing Corp., Pocketful of Dreams Music, Reganesque Music Company, The Songwriters Guild, Vernon Music Inc., Warner/Chappell Music Ltd. (1996–2019) and WB Music Corp. (1929–2019)
is based on:
Misty (original instrumental work)
Billy Eckstine4:49
4My Old Flame
cover recording of:
My Old Flame
lyricist:
Sam Coslow
composer:
Arthur Johnston (American composer and songwriter)
publisher:
Famous Music Corporation (renamed since 2007‐05 as Sony/ATV Harmony/Melody)
Peggy Lee3:08
5When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
recording of:
When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano
lyricist:
Leon René
composer:
Leon René (in 1940)
publisher:
M. Witmark & Sons
The Ink Spots3:08
6Tell It Like It Is
recording of:
Tell It Like It Is
writer:
George Davis (US musician & songwriter George Richard Davis Jr., guitar, bass, saxophone, oboe) and Lee Diamond
publisher:
Conrad Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and Olrap Publishing Co., Inc.
Aaron Neville2:39
7Speak to Me of Love
Bing Crosby2:15
8I’ll Be Home
recording of:
I’ll Be Home
writer:
Stanley Lewis (well known 60s/70s US producer/songwriter) and Ferdinand Washington (blues and rhythm and blues songwriter)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Songs of Universal, Inc. (BMI) and Spirit One Music
Pat Boone3:01
9I Gotta Right to Cry
Fats Domino2:25
10Sophisticated Lady
Al Jarreau4:16
11Love Walked In
cover recording of:
Love Walked In
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1937)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1930)
publisher:
Chappell & Co Ltd., Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996) and Gershwin Publishing Corp (in 1938)
part of:
The Goldwyn Follies
Dinah Washington2:10
12I’m Getting Sentimental Over You
Mel Tormé2:28
13My Prayer
recording of:
My Prayer
lyricist:
Jimmy Kennedy (Irish songwriter)
composer:
Georges Boulanger (Romani-Romanian violinist, conductor, composer)
publisher:
J. Albert & Son Pty. Ltd., Peter Maurice Music, Skidmore Music Co., Inc., イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (Sony Music Publishing (Japan) Inc., EMI Overseas Division, sub‐publisher for non‐Japanese works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
is based on:
Avant de mourir
The Platters2:41
14You Make Me Feel So Young
recording of:
You Make Me Feel So Young
lyricist:
Mack Gordon
composer:
Josef Myrow
publisher:
Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
E bi eit barn med deg
Frank Sinatra2:53
15Lover Man
cover recording of:
Lover Man
lyricist:
Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942), Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
composer:
Roger “Ram” Ramirez (Puerto Rican jazz pianist), Jimmy Davis (US songwriter, wrote “Lover Man”) (in 1942) and Jimmy Sherman (pianist, arranger and songwriter) (in 1942)
publisher:
MCA Music (not for release label use! this is a music publisher, ASCAP-affiliated) (ended), MCA Music Publishing (renamed since c. 1996 as Universal Music Publishing Group) (ended) and Universal Music Corp. (USA, affiliated with ASCAP)
Sarah Vaughan3:14
16Hello Darlin’
cover recording of:
Hello Darlin’
lyricist and composer:
Conway Twitty
Bobby Bare2:27
17Wish I Was Back in My Baby’s Arms
Lena Horne2:30
18Soft
Brook Benton3:13
19Gee Baby, Ain’t I Good to You
recording of:
Gee, Baby Ain’t I Good to You
lyricist:
Andy Razaf
composer:
Don Redman
publisher:
Michael H. Goldsen Inc. and Razaf Music
part of:
The Real Book (compilation of jazz standards, Volume I)
Nat King Cole2:57
20Burning Memories
recording engineer:
Jack Miller (sound engineer) (on 1964-12-04)
producer:
Herb Alpert (in 1964)
guitar:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician)
vocals:
Waylon Jennings (US country musician) (on 1964-12-04)
performer:
The Waylors (backing band for Waylon Jennings) (on 1964-12-04)
recorded at:
Audio Recorders Studio in Phoenix, Arizona, United States (on 1964-12-04)
produced at:
Audio Recorders Studio in Phoenix, Arizona, United States
cover recording of:
Burning Memories (on 1964-12-04)
writer:
Melvin Tillis and Wayne Walker
Waylon Jennings2:19
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1Mad About the Boy
recorded in:
Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1961-12-04)
piano:
Jack Wilson (jazz pianist) (on 1961-12-04)
trombone:
Billy Byers (on 1961-12-04)
trumpet:
Joe Newman (US jazz trumpeter) (on 1961-12-04)
vocals:
Dinah Washington
orchestra:
Quincy Jones and His Orchestra (on 1961-12-04)
arranger:
Quincy Jones (on 1961-12-04)
cover recording of:
Mad About the Boy (in 1961)
lyricist and composer:
Noël Coward
publisher:
Chappell & Co. and Chappell Music Ltd.
part of:
Words and Music
Dinah Washington52:49
2This Love of Mine
cover recording of:
This Love of Mine
lyricist:
Frank Sinatra (American singer and actor, “Ol’ Blue Eyes”)
composer:
Sol Parker (songwriter) and Henry Sanicola
publisher:
Embassy Music Corporation and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Ray Charles3:03
3When a Man Loves a Woman
recording of:
When a Man Loves a Woman
writer:
Calvin Lewis, Percy Sledge and Andrew Wright (US keyboardist)
publisher:
Mijac Music, Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell, Warner Chappell Music (publisher as Warner/Chappell Music), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell North America, Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Pronto Music, Inc. (publisher) (from 1966 to present), Quinvy Music Publishing Company, Inc. (from 1966 to present), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) (from 1966 to present), Pronto (BMI‐affiliated publishing company) (in 1972) and Quinvy (record company and publisher) (in 1972)
Percy Sledge2:48
4Besame Mucho
cover recording of:
Bésame mucho (English lyric version by Sunny Skylar)
composer:
Consuelo Velázquez
translator:
Sunny Skylar
publisher:
Latin American Music, Peer International Corporation (BMI) and Promotora Hispano Americana De Musica S.A.
translated version of:
Bésame mucho (Kiss Me Much, Bésame, bésame mucho como si fuera esta noche la última vez)
Nat King Cole2:52
5I’m in the Mood for Love
recording of:
I’m in the Mood for Love
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Margenia Music, MCI Music Publishing Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP) (in 1935, in 1963) and EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) (in 2016)
Frank Sinatra2:05
6Moonlight Serenade
recording of:
Moonlight Serenade (original instrumental version)
composer and arranger:
Glenn Miller (jazz band leader)
publisher:
Big 3 Music Ltd., EMI Robbins Catalog Inc. (ASCAP), EMI United Partnership Ltd. and Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label)
Glenn Miller4:31
7Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
recording of:
Please Keep Me in Your Dreams
lyricist:
Tot Seymour
composer:
Vee Lawnhurst
Billie Holiday2:19
8It’s Only Make Believe
recording of:
It’s Only Make Believe
writer:
Jack Nance (in 1958) and Conway Twitty (in 1958)
publisher:
Copyright Control (not for release label use! this is only for copyrights and publishing relationships), Tree Publishing Co., Inc. and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
Glen Campbell2:41
9Love Song Ballad
Woody Herman4:05
10Loving You
The Platters3:17
11Amor
recording of:
Amor (More and More Amor)
lyricist:
Ricardo López Méndez (Mexican poet, lyricist and radio host)
composer:
Gabriel Ruiz (Mexican composer)
part of:
Broadway Rhythm (film)
Bing Crosby2:07
12I Can’t Give You Anything but Love
cover recording of:
I Can’t Give You Anything but Love, Baby
lyricist:
Dorothy Fields (American librettist and lyricist)
composer:
Jimmy McHugh (songwriter)
publisher:
Aldi Music Company, Cotton Club Publishing and EMI Mills Music Inc. (ASCAP-affiliated)
sub-publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Shapiro Bernstein & Co. Ltd., ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label), コンソーシアム音楽出版 C・F事業部 (Consortium Music Publishing, CF Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング CMP外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
Peggy Lee2:38
13Three Little Words
Al Martino1:59
14A Good Year for the Roses
recording of:
A Good Year for the Roses
lyricist and composer:
Jerry Chesnut
George Jones3:10
15You Are My Sunshine
live recording of:
You Are My Sunshine (on 1948-11-14)
anthem of:
Louisiana, United States
writer:
Jimmie Davis (American politician, singer and songwriter) and Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
publisher:
Peer International (BMI) and Southern Music Publishing Co., Inc. ((ASCAP) tradename Peermusic) (on 1940-01-30)
Gene Autry1:56
16Memories of You
The Ink Spots3:00
17Love Is Here to Stay
Pee Wee Russell5:49
18Prelude to a Kiss
Mel Tormé3:16
19Endlessly
recording of:
Endlessly
writer:
Brook Benton and Clyde Otis (American songwriter and record producer)
publisher:
Chappell/Morris Ltd., Leosong Copyright Service Ltd., The Clyde Otis Music Group, Inc. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Universal–Songs of PolyGram International, Inc. and Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
Brook Benton3:42
20Tenderly
cover recording of:
Tenderly
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1946)
composer:
Walter Gross (American composer) (in 1946)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell Morris Music, Chappell/Morris Ltd., Edwin Morris Music and Range Road Music
Sarah Vaughan2:50