Post a romantic song from the 1970s

Think of me.

You know that I'd be with you if I could.

The Carpenters version of "Superstar" is very melancholy and romantic all at the same time.

The late Karen Carpenter did it in one take and was barely 21 years old at the time to boot.

Miracles - Jefferson Starship

Midnight at the Oasis - Maureen Mauldar

Help Me - Joni Mitchell

Stoned in Love With You - The Stylistics

Silver Springs - Fleetwood Mac

Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers (very sexy!)

Gordon Lightfoot - If You Could Read My Mind

Carole King - It's Too Late

The Happiest Girl in the Whole USA - Donna Fargo

Touch Me in the Morning - Diana Ross

More Than a Woman - The Bee Gees

Wild Horses - The Rolling Stones

How is Superstar romantic? It's about a groupie who falls in love with a rock star after he fucks her, and then he blows her off.

I was wrong... so were you... what will you do?

Seeing R2 made me think of her song "I Honestly Love You"

How Deep Is Your Love - Bee Gees

Hello It's Me - Todd Rundgren (thanks R1)

Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester

Nice to hear the Todd Rungren song again. Very evocative of the era but had no idea he presented himself like this. WTF?

We've Only Just Begun - The Carpenters

Just The Way You Are - Billy Joel

If - Bread

Your Song - Elton John

R4 Sometimes romanticism can be found in such things as the vocal delivery the late Karen Carpenter brought to that very melancholy rendition of "Superstar."

Romance, or what one perceives to be romance, is not always pretty.

I am weird.

Lost Without Your Love, by the dreadfully named, Bread.

Dida -- Joan Baez.

Not many words but very evocative

Crazy on You

Looking through my mp3s, I see that was not an era for romance.

[quote]Looking through my mp3s, I see that was not an era for romance.

Maybe, if enough people respond, you'll see it differently.

This thread is like the Time/Life commercial for the AM Gold CD set. My grandmother always had on a radio station that played these songs. Didn't care for them at the time, but now I like the memories they stir.

Jefferson Starship, "With Your Love"

Any song by Bread

The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face--Carole King

Both Sides Now--Judy Collins

The Morning After--Maureen McGovern

We My Never Love Like This Again

[quote] The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face--Carole King

Rolls eyes.

My absolute favourite is "Wherewithal" by UK singer-songwriter Clifford T. Ward. Such a gorgeous melody.

"If I hadn't inhibitions enough to cope with,

now you come along Beautiful, and leave me hoping."

Tighter and Tighter / Alive 'n' Kicking / 1970

Layla / Derek and the Dominoes / 1972

...I wanna make you understand, I'm talking about a lifetime plan.

Little River Band, "Reminiscing"

Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You

Heart - Lighter Touch

Anything by Poco

Dan Fogelberg, "Longer"

OP, here...Some REALLY nice posts, not just v. famous stuff, some things you never hear anymore.

This one is famous. The saxophone was so popular in pop in the 70s.

Is anyone going to watch the EMAs in a couple hours? The red carpet is starting. Queen is being honored. Could someone start a thread please! TIA.

Love of My Life- Queen

Or,for the more codependent--Bellbottom Blues

The Man with the Child in his Eyes

Christmas '77, on the radio all the time

With love from Cleveland:

Maybe the best of all the James Bond theme songs is also a good love song from the 70s.

Nobody Does It Better - Carly Simon

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

It's obviously an older song so I guess I'm cheating, but I love Bryan Ferry's 1973 cover of "These Foolish Things," one of the most romantic songs ever written:

Some romantic soul - Heaven Must Be Like This - Ohio Players

You Are My Starship - Norman Connors

Once Upon A Time by Tony Bennett

"Bluer Than Blue" - Michael Johnson

Don't Ask My Neighbors, The Emotions

Inside My Love - Minnie Riperton

Thanks for this thread OP. Takes me back

Linda Rondstadt: Long, Long Time (with bonus Glen Campbell).

Almost Like a Song- Ronnie Milsap

Muskrat Love - Captain and Tennille

A little outside the time frame but three minutes that changed television forever. Beautiful, sad, and cruel.

[R43] here, sorry for the mis-post. It copied and pasted the last thing I was watching before Colour my world, which was apropo of this topic. What showed up clearly wasnt.

Do we consider "Use Me" by Bill Withers to be romantic? It certainly sets the moooooood.

"Who Loves You"- big comeback for Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons.

Pure 70s schmaltz...and I love it:

Joan Armatrading - Love and Affection

Art Garfunkel - The Same Old Tears On A New Background

R39, that's not from the '70s.

Chicago - If You Leave Me Now

Olivia Newton John - If Not For You

I've always had a soft spot for this one, as mentioned (but not linked) by R3. Sweet, young, and innocent.

Stone in Love With You by The Stylistics.

Did You Boogie With Your Baby in the Back Row of the Movie Show?

Do You Wanna Make Love, Or Do You Just Wanna Fool Around?

Goodbye Girl - David Gates or Bread

Bluer Than Blue-Michael Johnson

Joanne-Michael Nesmith

The Last Farewell-Roger Whittaker

Hopelessly Devoted to You - Olivia Newton John

If I Could Reach You - Marilyn McCoo

When Will I See You Again-The Three Degrees

Summer(The First Time)-Bobby Goldsboro

I'd Really Love To See You Tonight-England Dan &John Ford Coley

Je t'aime... moi non plus-serge gainsborg &jean birken

Nights Are Forever Without You - England Dan & John Ford Coley

[quote]I'd Really Love To See You Tonight - England Dan & John Ford Coley

I'm not talkin' 'bout the linens...

My favorite by The Sylistics, Stop, Look, Listen.

And another vote for Summer(The First Time)-Bobby Goldsboro.

Forever Yours, The Sylvers. Their harmonies were great.

"You Light Up My Life" - Debbie Boone.

Send One Your Love - Stevie Wonder

I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart

Without You - Nilsson

Dance - ABBA

Sylvia's Mother - Dr Hook

Bang En Boomerang - Sven & Lotta

I'll be There - Jackson 5

I Think I Love You - Partridge Family

Abracadabra - Tony Defranco and the Defranco Family

Magnet and Steel

(I'm Always Touched By Your) Presence, Dear - Blondie

More Stylistics:

Chi-lites

Tupelo Honey - Van Morrison

I've linked this one before on some other thread, but it's so good, it's worthy of another posting and it belongs here anyway.

Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher and Higher Rita Coolidge

Judee Sill - "The Kiss"

Richard and Linda Thompson - "A Heart Needs A Home"

"Stay Awile" The Bells

oops sorry, here's the Bells

anytime she goes away...

This is song is from 1968 but I had to include it:

This is a beautiful song many of you probably never heard of, Edward Bear:

This is the tearjerker. Oh the many men I sang this to.....

Always loved "Half the Way" by the under-appreciated Crystal Gayle.

I love this thread! More, please!

I always thought Rita was singing "Close the window, come alive". thank goodness someone posted the karaoke version!

I always loved "Close Your Eyes" by Edward Bear, as well as "Last Song" - though Bear wasn't much of a singer.

Natural High- Bloodstone

Ultra Romance:

Why do I remember that the B-side to "Don't Give Up On Us" was "Black Bean Soup"?

Song that lauched a thousand radio formats:

Engelbert, the eldergay! (alledgedly........)

10 CC - I'm Not In Love

Gotta break the rule for Dusty:

Chicago - Wishing You Were Here

Danny's Song

Stevie:

Little Green Apples Pearl Bailey's version...

Great 70's love song:

The Raspberries, "Let's Pretend"

Gladys:

Have to dip into the 60's one more time for this song by Tommy Roe that is just incredible:

Love, love, love R91!!!

Hang on in there baby!

Keith Carradine - "I'm Easy"

Afternoon Delight - Starland Vocal Band

Delta Dawn - Tanya Tucker

Harry nilsson's "without you" owns this thread.

I don't know if anyone will find this as interesting as I do.

Yesterday I got hooked on one of the songs posted here and kept playing the YouTube clip over and over. I still had the window open on my computer today so I decided to refresh and note the difference in the number of 'views.' It was just out of my curiosity over how many people read posts on DL and click on the YouTube links.

The number went from 434,977 to 436,737 in a span of a little more than 24 hours. That's approximately 1800 hits. And if I correctly understand how YouTube counts it (I might be wrong about this), that is new/unique hits meaning that if the same IP address views it multiple times, it only counts as one view.

It's certainly not scientific as some of the other views were non-DL readers, but I'm still impressed that the count is that high. I was seriously thinking that only a couple of dozen people read these threads.

Thanks for your attention. I'll go back to my song now.

Can someone help an eldergay out here? How do I post something from YouTube on this site? I can't get it to take my post. Thanks

What song was it r116?

R117, do you know to paste the website into the 'URL' box rather than pasting it into the textbox of your message? That was the mistake I would make until someone nicely explained it for me.

R118, it's "Reminiscing" from Little River Band.

I'm listening to it again right now. I know...what a nerd.

Thanks for being a gentleman [R119]

My pleasure R121. Now please don't make me regret it by posting a stupid song.

Haha, I'm kidding with you.

Have a great night.

You could see what date the link was posted on YouTube, add the number of days since and get an average number of hits. This would tell if DataLounge is having an impact.

Statistics sometimes fascinate me too.

R110, I love, love, love R91 too! It's funny, I was just reading an old thread from a few months ago about MTVs 30th anniversary, and one of the songs mentioned in the thread was "Half the Way". I didn't really remember it - I was pretty young at the time - but I recognized the song a little after watching R91.

Crystal had a great voice. She was very pretty too. WHET Crystal Gayle?

If you could read my mind love, what a tale my thoughts would tell.

Surprised this one hasn't appeared yet.

Unfortunately I can only find live versions, with the extra long intros.

[quote]Have to dip into the 60's one more time for this song by Tommy Roe that is just incredible:

Dollface, try and keep it 70s, change of decade changes the mood.

I adore this Bill Withers song, used briefly but so effectively in Looking For Mr Goodbar.

& talking of Bill Withers and romantic songs of the 70s. Try this...

Syreeta, with the help of Stevie, was queen of the sweetly sad songs of the 70s.

& talking of Stevie.

(the 70s were a great time for feeling sorry for yourself)

Brenda Russell

"So Good, So Right"

"I'm So Into You" - Peabo Bryson

Oh Lori, The Alessi Brothers

Love's Holiday by Earth Wind and Fire.

Reasons, Earth Wind and Fire.

Sedaka's back!:

Captain and Tenille

Helen:

Sometimes When We Touch

Misty Blue

My Love Does It Good

Natalie Cole, La Costa

Lani Hall (Tiny Dancer)

Sun Down - Lani Hall

Angela Bofill I Try

He Was Beautiful -Cavatina ( Cleo Laine and John Williams )

Cleo Laine - John Williams - Killing Me Softly With His Song -

Player, Baby Come Back

One of my favorites from the 70's (and Robert Redford was mighty purty then too!)

Barbra: The Way We Were

The first time I heard this song in 1970 I knew it was going to be a huge hit. It stayed #1 on the charts for four weeks and I think it was one of Burt Bacharach's best:

"Close to You"- The Carpenters

Another great, melancholy love song from The Carpenters:

"Goodbye to Love"

Hey, Belgian troll, enough with your sappy Carpenters shit. You've ruined this thread, it's not just about you.

Great Romantic song from Streisand's "The Way We Were" album in the 70's.

"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life"

You Light Up My Life was the biggest song of the 70's, I'm sure it's been posted, but I'm not surfing 8 pages of youtube links.

Dusty Springfield

What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life

Louis Armstrong- "What a Wonderful World" 1970

"Love Will Keep Us Together"- The Captain and Tenille- 1975

"You'll Never Get to Heaven if You Break My Heart"

The Stylistics- 1972

"One Less Bell to Answer"

The Fifth Dimension

"Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight"

James Taylor

"I'll Never Love This Way Again"

Dionne Warwick- 1979

"I Honestly Love You"

Olivia Newton John- 1974

"How Can You Mend a Broken Heart"

The Bee Gees

"I Just Fall in Love Again"

Anne Murray- 1978

So beautiful that it had people crying during Kodak commercials

Paul Anka - Times of Your Life

Johnny Rivers - Slow Dancin'

"I Won't Last a Day Without You"

The Carpenters- 1974

Drugs, R9. Heavy, heavy drugs!

Sometimes When We Touch - Dan Hill

The Way We Were - Babs

Baby Come Back - Player

Come and Go With Me, Teddy Pendergrass.

And another vote for my favorite Natalie Cole song "La Costa".

Don't fear the reaper

Ahhh, EW&F

Just made it-1979

Come bring me your softness, comfort me through all the madness...

Golden Lady - Stevie Wonder.

As - Stevie Wonder.

My Sweet Lady - Cliff DeYoung

Don't Say You Don't Remember - Beverly Bremers

Precious and Few - Climax

I Go Crazy - Paul Davis

I'd Love You To Want Me - Lobo

Oh Babe What Would You Say - Hurricane Smith

Anticipation - Carly Simon

Wildflower - Skylark

Tiny Dancer - Elton John

Please Come To Boston - Dave Loggins

Dream Weaver - Gary Wright

Don't Give Up On Us - David Soul

Still The One - Orleans

Magnet and Steel - Walter Egan

Charlie Dore - "Pilot Of The Airwaves"

Sunday Morning Sunshine by the late, great Harry Chapin. Song means so much to people who moved to a new city and met the right person.

Not sure if this is late 70s or early 80s, but this is a great one: "If The Love Fits" by Leslie Pearl.

Pieces of April by Three Dog Night

I don't know if this is late-60's or early 70's, but I rememeber my mother playing this one alot and hating it.

Now. . .as a gay guy. . .I hear it with very different ears--and love it.

"Everlasting Love" - Carl Carlton

BJ Thomas

sexy, sexy, sexy.......

Distant Lover - Marvin Gaye Live, 1974. One of the greatest live performances ever, IMO.

Abba "Fernando"

Linda Ronstadt Desperado, Blue Bayou

bump this thread around Valentine's day

Is "Summer Breeze" by Seals and Croft considered romantic? Because it's one of my favorite AM Gold type of songs...

R24: Thank you! I loved Rose Royce back in the day. One note, they pushed the pitch down on her voice with the recordings. She has a high, almost squeaky voice.

But yeah, good stuff.

And below, Luther Ingram with "If Lovin' You is Wrong, I don't Wanna Be Right"

OK - not gonna read the whole thread so sorry if I'm duping (just consider it another vote):

Your Song - Elton John

If - Bread

Never Let It Go - David Gates (lead singer of the aforementioned "Bread")

Every Time I Think Of You - The Babys

At first listen, probably not considered a romantic song. But it really is:

Gordon Lightfoot

I prefer sophisticated songs of romance with nuance like 'Telephone Man', 'Doctor's Orders', 'Heaven on the Seventh Floor' and 'Undercover Angel'.

R190 suggested a bump around Valentine's Day. I'm getting a head start.

And adding a song.

Andy Gibb, "I Just Wanna Be Your Everything"

YouTube has clips of him singing the song with Marilyn McCoo and with Dionne Warwick. Those are fun, but singing with those ladies shows what a weak vocalist Andy is, so I attached the less fun solo clip.

Let Your Love Flow - The Bellamy Brothers

Long, Hard Climb by Maria Muldaur Fallin' by LeBlanc and Carr Can't We Just Sit Down and Talk It Over by Donna Summer I Love You by Donna Summer I've Got Love On My Mind by Natalie Cole

Torn Between Two Lovers, of course!

"Nights are Forever Without You" by England Dan and John Ford Coley

Rose Royce "Is It Love You're After"

(and yes, this was sampled for S'Express)

"Midnight at the Oasis"

I just love the flute intro of Firefall's "You are the Woman"

Je l'aime à mourir - Francis Cabrel

"Which Way You Going,Billy?"--The Poppy Family

Yes---it reminds me of someone.....

r206 here. The video says this song came out in 1969, but I don't recall hearing it until maybe 1970, early '71. Sorry. It IS a beautiful song, though.

Were Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge a couple during the 70s? They sure look like they wanna get at each other in this clip.

"Help Me Make It Through The Night"

[quote]Were Kris Kristofferson and Rita Coolidge a couple during the 70s?

Yes, they were married.

Gino Vannelli

"I Just Want To Stop"

I know how DL feels about Elton John, but "Your Song", "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me", and "Tiny Dancer" were some of the greatest romantic songs from the 70s.

I agree, 211. In fact the whole of the first Elton John Album.

You've Got A Friend - James Taylor & Carole King

This song was guaranteed to turn any pre- to teen girl into a blubbering mess.

And damn, James Caan was purty.

Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop

Crying in the Night/Frozen Love - Buckingham Nicks

Go All the Way - The Raspberries

Never Let Her Go - with the sweet voice of Bread's David Gates

A sadly under rated gem from Donna Summer off the "Bad Girls" album: There Will Always Be A You

Here's the little known, but beautiful, sad, and romantic "Old College" Avenue", by Harry Chapin:

The 70's were not big on romantic songs. It was a time of change. People sang more about the changes than about romance.

OMG r146, That's AMAZING... thanks for posting.

I may have missed this... but it's one of the best of the era in my mind.

I can't seem to find The Love Theme from THE PROMISE anywhere, even on YT.

[quote]I can't seem to find The Love Theme from THE PROMISE anywhere, even on YT.

It's on spotify. I've never linked to spotify before, so I hope it works.

[quote]The 70's were not big on romantic songs.

Yeh, right...

So were you born in the 80s or the 90s, r219?

"Oh Babe, What Would You Say?"

[quote]I can't seem to find The Love Theme from THE PROMISE anywhere, even on YT.

Thanks, R223 and R227. Guess I didn't look hard enough.

Schmaltzy and simple, Precious and Few by Climax

Can't believe nobody has mentioned Barry Manilow yet.

Could It Be Magic

I guess this is a bump...

Something got this song in my head this morning and since I didn't know it well, I looked it up on YouTube.

I don't know much about Rod Stewart except for being familiar with a few of his records. I didn't realize that he's a song writer as well as a performer which makes me more interested in him as an artist.

Here the lyrics tell a story and I respect songs that don't just repeat simple lines over and over. Apparently he wrote this after splitting with his wife Britt Ekland (at least according to something I read online). It's kind of a sad song, but it's also clearly a message to someone he loves a lot, so I thought about this dormant thread.

Rod Stewart, "You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)"

I second "Maybe I'm Amazed." It is one of Paul McCartney's strongest songs.

(Can't Live if Living is) Without You

Harry Nilsson

From a nostalgia perspective, this Clifford Ward song hits the right note.

I loved "Bargain" by the Who.

I'd gladly lose me to find you

Gladly give up all I got

To catch you I'm gonna run and never stop

I happened to be listening to the "Who's Next" album when an airing of "Far From the Madding Crowd" came on TV and I always associated the song with Julie Christie and Terence Stamp (sigh).

"It's A Heartache" Bonnie Tyler or Juice Newton

"I Don't Wanna Cry"

Larry Gatlin & Gatlin Brothers

I think this is a romantic song, but that's because I think he is singing about a woman. If it's a reference to drugs, then I take it back.

"Daisy Jane" from America

Out In The Country - Three Dog Night

Really feels like a love song to me, even though I guess it's not specifically singing about love for another person.

Don't give up on us

"I Only Have Eyes For You" by Art Garfunkle

Simplicity by Tim Curry

Sorry. Correct Link for R242

Bob Welch - Sentimental Lady

Cat Stevens - Two Fine People

"Imaginary Lover"---Atlanta Rhythm Section

Presenting the great Ms. Shirley Bassey.

"Where Do I Begin"

Love this!!!

Please come to Boston--Dave Loggins I Love You Too Much to Ever Start Liking You--Edward Bear.

Last Song- Edward Bear.

Diary-- Bread.

We Just Disagree--Dave Mason

The thread is long (and some of the links are dead, so if peeps can't be bothered to type out the name of the song...it's gone), so apologies if this is a repeat.

One of my favorites...

The Stylistics, "You Are Everything"

Another great Stylistics slow jam love song...

"You Make Me Feel Brand New"

Love this old, dusty thread...

It's listed earlier, but the link is dead now.

Linda Ronstadt - "Long Long Time"

Torn Between Two Lovers

Can't possibly imagine a more tragic or romantic song

Luther Ingram and Millie Jackson both had great versions of this song in the 70s, but I am partial to the Barbara Mandrell recording of..

"(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Wanna Be Right"

"Fire" from The Pointer Sisters

"Laughter in the Rain" - Neil Sedaka

Carly Simon - The Right Thing To Do

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jypWPiDyqP8

Cat Stevens - How Can I Tell You?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tDWq2rZvhHI

Carpenters - I Won't Last A Day Without You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tt5huMICEwU

Roberta Flack - Feel Like Makin' Love

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cIDEa8sWqOQ

The Stylistics - You Make Me Feel Brand New

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJm51jsRoo0

Diana Ross & Marvin Gaye - You Are Everything

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNTPbsV7B4M

Stevie Wonder - Knocks Me Off My Feet

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwSuPXMHhaE

"Still" - The Commodores

This youtube clip has 3 decent 70s love songs from the band.

"Three Times a Lady" and "Sail On" are on it as well - all from Soul Train appearances.

que c'est triste venise

charles aznavour

Wishing You Were Here - Chicago

[quote]Love this old, dusty thread...

& nice to see it again...I'm THE OP!

I just looked at the first page so far. I love when people get the decade wrong and post things from the 60s and 80s. It's sort of clumsy, but in a sweet way.

But it's slightly annoying when the same person multi-posts..."here's fifteen songs I like!" These threads work best when you get posts from all different people.

Anyway...back to the topic.

This is a good one. Hope it hasn't been posted.

Rock Steady, Bad Company

Masquerade, George Benson

Land of Make Believe, Magione/Satterfield

My Everything, Barry White

How Much I Feel - Ambrosia

Just about any song by:

Jesse Colin Young

Loggins and Messina

"I'll Write a Song for You" -- Earth, Wind & Fire (1977)

*sigh* This song really does it for me.

Anne Murray - Danny's Song

"The Way We Were" - Barbra Streisand.

"All That Love Went To Waste" (from - "A Touch Of Class") - Madeline Bell

Nino Ferrer - Le Sud, 1975

Great lyrics too if you speak French

'Love Grows (Where My Rosemary Goes' by Edison Lighthouse, if it hasn't already been mentioned.

Also, anything by Cat Stevens from the album Mona Bone Jakon onward. 'Lady D'Arbanville', maybe?

Love is the answer....

always was, always will be...

I'm Not in Love ~ 10cc

Over My Head ~ Fleetwood Mac

Blues for Baby and Me ~ Elton John

i wasnt born yet.

This was mentioned earlier but there wasn't a vid linked. LONG, HARD CLIMB by Maria Muldaur

Another--- CAN'T WE JUST SIT DOWN AND TALK IT OVER by Donna Summer

Old Fashioned Love Song by Three Dog Night

An end-of-the-romance song, "Kiss and Say Goodbye," by the Manhattans.

Maria Muldar is one of the rudest people I've had the displeasure of meeting in my life. Yuck.

"We're All Alone," by Boz Scaggs

r269 -- that song reminds me of my first job.

One day I was delivering radio dubs downtown and that song was a hot at the time.

I remembering staying in my car listening to the radio for the middle bridge as I watched all the people walking past on the sidewalk.

It's funny the little snippets of memory a song can evoke ....

says it all...

[quote]I remembering staying in my car listening to the radio for the middle bridge as I watched all the people walking past on the sidewalk. It's funny the little snippets of memory a song can evoke ....

When you say the middle break, do you mean this bit?

(Cos that's the part that I always remember and liked the best...it takes so long to come though, 2:17 mins).

Little Italy

r280: yes, that part.

One of my favorite albums in college was Something/Anything by Todd Rundgren.

Then a few years later I liked this pop song.

Only later did I find out TR wrote it.

"Get Used To It" -- Roger Voudouris (1979)

He died about 12 years ago from liver disease.

[quote]Only later did I find out TR wrote it.

& I only found out today. Looked it up today in wiki.

I bought it in England, where it was only a very minor hit...so was also surprised to find it was TOP 10 in the USA.

Rarely heard gem from 1974:

Great deleted song.

Slow Dancing by the Funky Kings

You Can Close Your Eyes by James Taylor

Break Up to Make Up - The Stylistics

Early 80s but qualifies for the genre. Climax Blues Band:

Make Believe World - Lulu

1980...but this belongs here >>>

Sylvia's Mother

Liked the emotional tone of it. The sadness, the desperation.

Just an Old Fashioned Love Song - "and wrapped around the music, is the sound of someone promising they'll never go"

Loved Three Dog Night's performance of this and Paul Williams is a really talented lyricist and song writer.

Champagne for Lulu R290!

"When I Need You"

A little out of the box, but give it a chance.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4LKptwvXFM

"Runaway"--Jefferson Starship and "A Rainy Night in Georgia"--Brook Benton.

Good pick, R294! Sigh!

The Leon Russell song posted reminded me of this...

A GREAT gloomy '70s love song.

Oh, dear...sorry meant to post THIS gloomy Leon Russell love song.

Strange Stevie hasn't appeared more on this thread.

He was King of this genre.

Miracles ~ Jefferson Starship (uncensored version featuring the infamous and genius lyric "I got a taste of the real world / When I went down on you, girl")

Your Song ~ Elton John

Summer Breeze ~ Seals and Crofts

Janis Ian - "At Seventeen"

I'm not sure how many more tracks there are to add to this thread, but I really hope it doesn't close or get deleted. I like so much of the songs shared here. These music threads don't get the amount of interaction that they did on the 'old' DL.

Sad but romantic, Luv Hurts by Nazareth.

Captain & Tennille ~ The Way I Want To Touch You

Supertramp - Give a Little Beet

John Paul Young - Love Is in the Air (1978). Almost 14.4 million views!

SAD EYES (1979) by Robert John

SLOW DANCING (1977) by Johnny Rivers is one of my favourites.

He doesn't really want to go.

Bah dee yah.

Well, hello, there, dear old friend of mine...

Cannot find it on You Tube, but the old Kenny Welsh song "Since I Fell" sung by Streisand in the early 70s is a scorcher.

Another old song "Please Come to Boston" makes me all ready- dunno the artist.

"Both sides Now" is not really a love song but a reflection on life's meaning or reason. One of the greatest songs of the past 50 years to be certain- and as sung by Joni in her maturity- quite something. I could never fathom her writing this in her early 20s- a great artist.

Jesus, what an amazing decade for music! Compare it to the music (?) of the past ten years. Very depressing.

Quiet Places is a sweet yet sublime song by Buffy Sainte-Marie

I hope people can add more appropriate songs to this thread. I like so much of what has been posted.

OMG, I started this thread FOUR!! years ago. I'm surprised you can still add to it.

Trouble with threads this old, youtube deletes so many of the links over time.

I'll re-post the deleted song I used to start this thing.

This is dedicated to you, dollface & lover of '70s romantic songs @ R315.

I've done what I can to keep the thread alive OP. Over the years I'm sure I've posted on it over two dozen times - often when I see that it's been dormant for a while and I worry about it being closed. It's been a great venue for learning about records I'd not heard before in addition to enjoying songs that I've liked for years.

So Thank You, OP, for starting it!

CUNT SCRATCH FEVER

A third vote for McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed. Most everything he did post-Beatles was dreck imo, but this is a strong song. Romantic without being sappy; you can feel the contentment he found with Linda in every note. The live version is esp good.

Who posted Roger Voudouris? great tune! Summer of '79 baby. He was actually kinda hot in an Andy Gibb-ish kind of way. Same hair, styling (but better voice and stage presence).

[quote]A third vote for McCartney's Maybe I'm Amazed. Most everything he did post-Beatles was dreck imo,

Nonsense. he did masses of great stuff for the first few years after The Beatles. His singles weren't so great, in general, but the albums were full of gems.

The Ram album was a masterpiece.

Sorry about that, Dollface/315...I had to address 319 first because he doesn't know his shit, quite frankly.

I had no idea this thread had a life beyond its initial first week or so. So it was weird to see it pop up after all this time. Do you have an all time '70s romantic fave? Do post it when you get a chance.

This is one of my all time '70s faves.

& this, even though I'm not a Barry fan in general.

This is my all-time favorite music thread.

Bump - for those that are enjoying the Forgotten 70s Hits thread

I want to hear some more.

Dionne - I'll Never Love This Way Again

Captain and Tennille -- Lonely Night (Angel Face), by Neil Sedaka

Blimey, this thread is an oldie in itself. 2011! God knows where you dug it up, dollface.

Two 70s songs that weren't singles:

Harmony... the last song on Elton's Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album, great melody.

Let Me Be The One.... a song that should've been a single from the Carpenters 3rd album.

Also, another vote for Maybe I'm Amazed by McCartney (although I love the original studio cut, I never really cared for the live version)

Simply love this thread. Memories...I graduated fro high school in 1974.

Doesn’t get much better than Johnny Mathis With Jane Oliver

Barbra and Burt

This song is posted earlier, but the link is dead now.

One Less Bell To Answer - Fifth Dimension

Another one I like where the link is dead.

You're In My Heart/The Final Acclaim - Rod Stewart

From The Sweetheart of Springhill, Nova Scotia:

I loved self-pitying love songs and the 70s were full of them.

PLUS the bonus of Helen's doing the into.

Love is real, real is love...

Donna Fargo - Funny Face

You're The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Ray Price

Just barely qualifies as 70s...

Billy Preston & Syreeta Wright, "With You I'm Born Again"