The '60s were a pivotal time for music. The decade began with poppy girl groups and crooners and went on to create what we now know as classic rock. And of course, no discussion of the time is ...

We're not going to write you a love song, but we can certainly recommend some. The best love songs evoke feelings across the swinging pendulum of love, from just meeting and getting to know each other ...

If you look at the Top 10 songs on the Billboard charts, odds are you’ll find nary a love song. Tracks about heartbreak, friendship and self-empowerment abound, but straightforward ballads about ...

Whether you’re in love or not, sometimes you just need one of the best love songs of all time to get all of your feelings in motion. And while music has changed immensely over the decades — months!

Love is in the air, and there’s no time to waste planning this year's Valentine’s Day celebration. Handwritten card? Check. Cute Instagram post complete with a V-Day quote? Done. Dinner reservations?

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with singer Jalen Ngonda, whose sound is reminiscent of the soulful R&B from 50 years ago. His debut album "Come Around and Love Me" has just come out. Jalen Ngonda's music ...

They’re swooning for these sappy sounds. Spotify compiled a list of the Top 10 most streamed love songs of all time for The Post ahead of Valentine’s Day — and when it comes to romantic anthems, ...

In the early 1970s, Jeff Barry, songwriter behind The Ronettes’ classic “Be My Baby,” The Crystals’ “Da Doo Ron Ron” and “Then He Kissed Me,” “The Chapel of Love” by The Dixie Cups, and many more ’60s ...

Collin Raye's "Love, Me" debuted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs and Country Airplay charts on Oct. 19, 1991, and in less than three months, it peaked at No. 1 for three consecutive weeks from Jan.

Ella Langley and Riley Green's "You Look Like You Love Me" sounds like a country throwback, but the lyrics recall a different era of songwriting, as well. The boozy, piano-led, love (for a night) song ...

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