Valentine's Day music to set the mood

Well it's Valentine's Day, 2006. A day of love...a night of romance. What better way to set the mood, than with music. If I were making a "love compilation CD," this would be my setlist...


Layla - Derek & the Dominos
(Eric Clapton's most famous love song, written for Patti Boyd, who left George Harrison)

Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton (probably his next most famous love song)

Only Love Can Break Your Heart - Neil Young

Moondance - Van Morrison

Suite Judy Blue Eyes - Crosby, Stills & Nash

Cherish - The Association

Dedicated To The One I Love - The Mamas and the Papas

You Didn't Have To Be So Nice - The Lovin' Spoonful

Love Is Blue - Paul Mauriat & His Orchestra

Where Is The Love - Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway

(Last Night) I Didn't Get To Sleep At All - The 5th Dimension

Look Of Love - Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66

Let's Stay Together - Al Green

Ain't No Mountain High Enough - Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

Try A Little Tenderness - Otis Redding



Colour My World - Chicago

Make It With You - Bread

Tracks Of My Tears - Linda Ronstadt

Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner

You're The Only Woman - Ambrosia

You Are The Woman - Firefall

Something - The Beatles

You've Made Me So Very Happy - Blood, Sweat & Tears

Best Of My Love - The Eagles

Your Song - Elton John

Say You Love Me - Fleetwood Mac

Because - Dave Clark Five

Still...You Turn Me On - Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Without You - Harry Nilsson

My Love - Paul McCartney (written for his wife, Linda, during the height of Wings)

I Left My Heart In San Francisco - Tony Bennett

My Funny Valentine - Chet Baker

I've Got You Under My Skin - Frank Sinatra

Theme from The Pink Panther - Henry Mancini (almost anything by Mancini is romantic)

Don't Know Why - Norah Jones (same here, almost any choice is a good one)

I know I missed some good ones but there's more material than I have room for here. Maybe that's why we see so many "love compilations" on sale around Valentine's Day.

I guess we're looking at a multi-volume set. Look for volume two next year.



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