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Lucky's list of 10 13 Great Romantic Songs

Fire up your file-downloading program (I recommend the legal ones, of course) because most people won't have even heard of these songs.

 1) Begin the Biguine, sung by Ella Fitzgerald
                         music and lyrics by Cole Porter
             The best jazz singer ever singing the best torch song of all time.

 2)  The Last time I saw Her, sung by Gordon Lightfoot
                         music and lyrics by Gordon Lightfoot
             Nobody paints pictures with words like G L, and this is his best.

 3)  Same Auld Lang Syne, sung by Dan Fogelberg
                         music and lyrics by Dan Fogelberg
             We all know how this feels.

 4)  Somewhere in my Broken Heart, sung by Billy Dean
                         music and lyrics by Billy Dean
             Proof that a Star Search winner can have soul.

 5)  I've Got You Under My Skin, sung by Frank Sinatra
                         music and lyrics by Cole Porter
             Yep, more Cole Porter. What can I say?

 6)  Joy, performed by many artists
                        music by Johann Sebastian Bach
            Bach rocks!

 7)  Stardust, sung by Hoagy Carmichael
                         music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Mitchell Parish
             Wistfulness by the writer of "Georgia on my Mind".

 8)  I Won't Dance, sung by Fred Astaire
                         music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Dorothy Fields, Oscar
                         Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach, Jimmy McHugh
             Is it becoming clear that I'm a fan of old music? They just don't write
             'em like this any more.

 9)  Crazy, sung by Patsy Cline (though the original Willie Nelson
                  version runs a close second)
                         music and lyrics by Willie Nelson
             Patsy didn't want to sing it. Thank goodness she did.

10)  Stormy Weather, sung by Ethel Waters
                         music by Harold Arlen, lyrics by Ted Koehler
             Recorded in 1933 and still making hearts ache.

It's a few days after I first made this list and I really have to add these three:

11)  I Will, sung by The Beatles
                         music and lyrics by Paul McCartney
             It's a simple little song, really.  But it tells the story we all know.

12)  Fields of Gold, sung by Mary Black
                         music and lyrics by Sting
             Haunting, and sweet.  With a happy ending.

13)  Marilyn and Joe, sung by Kinky Friedman
                         music and lyrics by Kinky Friedman
             "There is a place where you can go, where Marilyn's still dancing with
              DiMaggio..."  The wildest Jewish country singer of all time reminds us
              what we're here for.

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