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The Best Love Songs of the Past 50 Years
Our love quotes of the week are so popular, we decided to introduce a new regular feature: In addition to the love quote of the week, we will introduce the love song of the week. But not any old love song, but the best love song of the year for each of the past 50 years. We’ll start in 1960 and work our way forward from there, introducing one song per year each week. We will list all 50 love songs here, as they are published, until we have the complete list by the beginning of 2011 .
The Best Love Songs of 1960: Roy Orbison – Only The Lonely
The Best Love Song of 1961: Elvis Presley – Are You Lonesome Tonight
The Best Love Song of 1962: Ray Charles – I Can’t Stop Loving You
The Best Love Song of 1963: Cliff Richared – Rote Lippen (Lucky Lips)
The Best Love Song of 1964: Dean Martin – Everybody Loves Somebody Sometimes
The Best Love Song of 1965: Tom Jones – It’s Not Unusual
The Best Love Song of 1966: The Beach Boys – Good Vibrations
The Best Love Song of 1967: The Beatles – All you need is Love
The Best Love Song of 1968: Love Affair – Everlasting Love
The Best Love Song of 1969: Peter Sarstedt – Where do you go to my Lovely?
The Best Love Song of 1970: Smokey Robinson – The Tears of a Clown
The Best Love Song of 1971: Slade – Coz I Luv You
The Best Love Song of 1972: Harry Nilsson – Without You
The Best Love Song of 1973: Roberta Flack – Killing Me Softly
The Best Love Song of 1974: Barry White – Can’t Get Enough of Your Love Baby
The Best Love Song of 1975: Minnie Ripperton – Loving You
The Best Love Song of 1976: Stevie Wonder – Isn’t She Lovely
The Best Love Song of 1977: Bee Gees – How Deep Is Your Love
The Best Love Song of 1978: John Travolta + Olivia Newton-John – You’re the One That I Want
The Best Love Song of 1979: Gloria Gaynor – I will Survive
The Best Love Song of 1980: Queen -Crazy Little Thing Called Love
The Best Love Song of 1981: Diana Ross+ Lionel Ritchie: Endless Love
The Best Love Song of 1982: Human League – Don’t You Want Me
The Best Love Song of 1983: The Police – Every Breath You Take
The Best Love Song of 1984: Frankie Goes to Hollywood – The Power of Love
The Best Love Song of 1985: Lionel Richie – Say You, Say Me
The Best Love Song of 1986: Berlin – Take My Breath Away
The Best Love Song of 1987: U2 – With or Without You
The Best Love Song of 1988: Phil Collins – Groovy Kind of Love
The Best Love Song of 1989: Madonna – Like a Prayer
If your favourite love song is not on the list, tell us in the comments which love song you consider the best love song of the past 50 years.
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