Dream away with memories and melodies of the heart, songs that refuse to grow old, even if we don’t, tunes that live forever with voices of love that never fade.
| Title | Artist | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Écoute ce disque | Sheila | Écoute ce disque (in English ‘Listen to this record’ is a French yé-yé pop tune urging the listener to play a record to feel love’s emotions. Sheila was one of France’s biggest 60s teen idols. Written by Claude Carrère. |
| A Song for You | Donny Hathaway | Originally written & recorded by Leon Russell (1970). Hathaway’s soulful version is considered definitive, about a man confessing love and regret, offering a song as his truest expression. |
| Play Me | Neil Diamond | Written by Neil Diamond this romantic ballad is portraying love as a song, with lyrics of devotion and longing. It became a Diamond concert staple. |
| Hallelujah | Leonard Cohen | Written by Leonard Cohen, the lyrics mix biblical imagery (David, Samson) with themes of broken love and redemption. Initially overlooked, later immortalised through Jeff Buckley’s 1994 cover. |
| To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before | Julio Iglesias & Willie Nelson | Originally written by Albert Hammond & Hal David as a tribute to past loves who shaped one’s life. While first recorded by Albert Hammond (1975), the Iglesias/Nelson duet made it an international hit. |
| The Most Beautiful Girl | Charlie Rich | This song is written by Billy Sherrill, Norro Wilson & Rory Bourke. First cut by Wilson (1972) The first recording and first release was titled ‘Hey Mister’ by Norro Wilson (August 7, 1968 / December 1968). The first recording and first release titled ‘The Most Beautiful Girl’ was by Joe Stampley (November 1972 / February 1973). Charlie Rich’s version was the crossover smash. |
| L’amour en héritage | Nana Mouskouri | For Nana Mouskouri (born Joanna Petsilas in Greece on 13 October 1934), the white rose of Athens, love is a legacy passed through generations. This song was composed by Vladimir Cosma (music) with lyrics by Pierre Delanoë. |
| C’est la Vie | Sarah Vaughan | This popular 1940 standard was written by Eddie White & Maxwell A. Wolfson. Sarah Vaughan, with the orchestra conducted by Hugo Peretti, gave it a jazz interpretation, adding her signature phrasing. |
| That’s Life | Frank Sinatra | Cover version. Written by Dean Kay & Kelly Gordon; first recorded by Marion Montgomery (1963). Lyrics: resilience in the face of setbacks. Sinatra’s version became definitive. |
| La mia storia tra le dita | Gianluca Grignani | La Mia Storia Tra Le Dita’ (in English ‘My Story Between My Fingers’) is an Italian pop-rock ballad about heartbreak and longing written by Gianluca Grignani. Sergio Dalma covered this breakout hit as “Tu historia entre mis dedos” in 2004. |
| Que reste-t-il de nos amours ? | Stacey Kent | American Jazz artist Stacey Kent covered this song ‘Que reste-t-il de nos amours ?’ (in English ‘What remains of our love?’), originally by Charles Trenet (lyrics & music) & Léo Chauliac (music) in 1942. Among French, Italian and German, Stacey also speaks Portuguese. Her British husband Jim Tomlinson plays the saxophone. |
| Still Crazy After All These Years | Paul Simon | Original performer. Reflection on time, aging, and past encounters. Title track of Grammy Album of the Year. Written by Paul Simon. The saxophone solo is by Mike Brecker. |
| Mía | Armando Manzanero | The Romantic bolero claiming a lover as “Mía” (“Mine”) is a song by Mexican songwriter Armando Manzanero. On March 20, 2001 a new version of the song was recorded as a duet with Spanish singer Miguel Bosé and was included on Manzanero’s album Duetos. |
| Il ne pense qu’à toi | Nicole Croisille | French chanson ‘Il ne pense qu’à toi’ (“He can only think of you”) about obsessive love written by Hubert Giraud and Jean-Pierre Lang was first released by French singer and actress Nicole Croisille (born in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France on 9 October 1936 and died from liver cancer in Saint-Cloud, on 4 June 2025). She lived with Ménière’s disease, a disease of the inner ear that is characterised by potentially severe and incapacitating episodes of vertigo, tinnitus, hearing loss, and a feeling of fullness in the ear. The song was re-titled “Il ne pense qu’à toi” on the album release. |
| Madame | Claude Barzotti | A song about painful, unrequited love written by Claude Barzotti and Harry Frékin (Henri Léon Van Cole). Claude Barzotti (born 23 July 1953 as Francesco Barzotti & died 24 June 2023) is a Belgian singer of Italian origin of the 1980s. |
| You Send Me | Sam Cooke | This romantic soul ballad was Sam Cooke’s debut single. The song launched Sam Cooke’s solo pop career after his gospel years with The Soul Stirrers, and it helped define the smoother, melodic sound that became central to soul music’s mainstream success. While Sam Cooke is widely acknowledged as the song’s author and original performer, the original single’s publishing credit was given to L.C. Cook (L.C. Cooke) — Sam’s younger brother, who was also a singer. This crediting was used to navigate Sam Cooke’s complicated contractual and publishing arrangements at the time, so L.C. Cook received the official songwriter/publishing credit on early paperwork even though Sam is generally recognised as the creative force behind the song. |
| Twilight Time | The Platters | This song is written with music by Artie Dunn, Al Nevins & Morty Nevins (1944) and lyrics added by Buck Ram (1946). The Platters’ doo-wop rendition became the classic. The Platters were one of the first African-American groups to be accepted as a major chart group and were, for a period of time, the most successful vocal group in the world. |
| Why Do Fools Fall in Love | Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Teenage anthem about love’s irrational power written by Frankie Lymon & Herman Santiago (disputed credits later gave George Goldner claim). Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers were an American pioneering doo-wop group, formed in 1954 in Harlem, New York, renowned for their youthful lineup and the distinctive voice of 13-year-old lead singer Frankie Lymon. |
| Lemon Tree | Peter, Paul & Mary | This song was originally written & recorded by Will Holt (1955) and compared love’s beauty and bitterness to a lemon tree. Peter, Paul & Mary were an American folk-singing trio formed in 1961. |
| Quand on n’a que l’amour | Jacques Brel | Anthemic song about love as the only true wealth. This song talks about helplessness in the face of war in the context of the Algerian War. Written by Jacques Brel, Belgian singer, songwriter, actor and film director born April 8,1929 in Schaarbeek, Brussels, Belgium and died October 9, 1978 in Bobigny, France. |
| Perhaps Love | Plácido Domingo & John Denver | This folk-pop and opera duet with Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo about love as shelter, storm, promise was written by John Denver. It was addressed to his wife Annie Martell (the eponym of his #1 hit “Annie’s Song”) while they were separated and moving towards a divorce. John Denver, born Henry John Deutschendorf, was a member of the Chad Mitchell Trio from 1964 to 1969, becoming the group’s lead singer. |
| Bright Eyes | Art Garfunkel | “Bright Eyes,” written by British singer and songwriter Mike Batt for the movie ‘Watership Down’ based on the 1972 novel by Richard Adams and sung by Art Garfunkel. Arthur Ira Garfunkel was born on November 5, 1941, in Forest Hills, New York. He is the son of Rose and Jack Garfunkel and grew up with his two brothers, Jules (older) and Jerôme (younger), in a Jewish family with Moldavian roots. |
| You’ve Got a Friend | Carole King | Written by Carole King for her album Tapestry. Carole King’s good friend James Taylor played acoustic guitar and recorded his own version of the song. Roberta Flack and Donnie Hathaway recorded the song as a duet and released it around the same time as Taylor. |
| Little Man | Sonny & Cher | “Little Man” is a hit single by the pop duo Sonny and Cher released in 1966. It is written by Sonny Bono with Greek and gypsy overtones. |
| The Old Fashioned Way | Charles Aznavour | “The Old Fashioned Way” is the English version of Charles Aznavour’s 1972 ‘Les plaisirs démodés’ song. The song was written by Charles Aznavour, Joel Hirschhorn, Al Kasha and Georges Garvarentz (music). |
| The Last Waltz | Engelbert Humperdinck | This romantic ballad, comparing love’s end to a last dance, was one of ‘The King of Romance’ Engelbert Humperdinck’s biggest hits, written by Les Reed (music) & Barry Mason (lyrics). |
Sources
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