Old-fashioned love songs
For Valentine’s Day, here is a list of old-fashioned love songs.
An Old Fashioned Love Song · Three Dog Night · 1971
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This is a song about a secret love. It’s about a man who is too shy to approach a friend: a woman he loves. So he stands in the shadows, watching her settle down with another man.
Eddy Arnold came up with the idea for the song, and wrote it in collaboration with song writer Cindy Walker.
Eddy recorded it, and it was a number 10 hit for him on the Billboard country chart in 1956. That same year it was a number 14 pop hit for Jerry Vale. Six years later a version by Ray Charles peaked at number two on the Hot 100. Then again, in 1981, Mickey Gilley’s version of “You Don’t Know Me” climbed the country chart, peaking at number one.
You Don’t Know Me · Eddy Arnold · 1956
On The Verge · Collin Raye · 1997
Here’s a song about the excitement of falling in love. This tune peaked at position #2 on the country chart.
How do you describe true love? This chart-topper from ’60s has all the adjectives.
My Love · Petula Clark · 1966 
Today, over forty years later, it may seem to young people to be a little corny. In 1968, though, this was the best-selling record worldwide for the entire year. In this country, “Honey” went to number one on both the Hot 100 and the country chart.
It was written by Bobby Russell, who also penned “Little Green Apples” (recorded by O.C. Smith), “The Joker Went Wild” (recorded by Brian Hyland), and a number one song for his then-wife Vicki Lawrence — “The Night The Lights Went Out in Georgia“. The idea for the song began with a tree in Russell’s front yard, when he noticed how much it had grown in just four years.
Honey · Bobby Goldsboro · 1968 
This song was written by Jud Strunk, who was a regular on the TV show “Laugh In”. It is a simple little song about the endurance of true love. Strunk’s version peaked at #14 in 1973. This version of the song is by T.G. Sheppard.
Daisy a Day · T.G. Sheppard · 2004
This one topped the country chart in May, 1983.
Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love · B.J. Thomas · 1983
Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love