Read through this whole thing, and didn’t see many actual love songs. A lot of joke things (like Put Another Log on the Fire) Nobody taking it very seriously. But I am - so here are some that should not have been forgotten:
Jud Strunk – Daisy a Day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4l7-yKQya-M
I think this is the ultimate love song.
Jerry Wallace – After You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sbeOCh-M3oQ
Englebert Humperdinck – After the Lovin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahLZ7hFlUMg
Really would not ever go for anyone this far down on the food chain, but like they say about a stopped clock being right every now and then, this is a true love song.
Jimmy Sweeney – She Wears My Ring
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHAbY_LUoV0
This guy I always referred to as Nashville’s Jackie Wilson. OMG could he sing. Boudleaux and Felice Bryant wrote this beauty, but many things I encountered said it was adapted from La Golondrina. A simple YouTube will tell you that’s the truth. Thinking back on my Jackie Wilson theory - Sweeney has the range and beauty of voice of Jackie Wilson - and perhaps the Bryants have noticed that, too. And so they took this melody from La Golondrina and gave it very different lyrics. Because at that time, Jackie was doing things like Night, Alone at Last, etc.
MartyRobbins – My Woman My Woman My Wife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VbfmTzc4IFA
Colin Raye – Love, Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oCF-JMQW3GA
Aaron and Linda – Don’t Know Much
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=927OE8U8PYw
Ian Tyson = Navajo Rug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uQZXY8BvrY4
Roy Orbison – Only With You
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m5mFBWuDH2I
Tim Rushlow – She Misses Him
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdhJI6zX380
Roy Orbison - Leah
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5n7wBaqw1U
Ray Price – Sweetheart of the Year
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR5qbU2U81s